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India volition pb the Global South 1 day, and past nary federation oregon nary tariffs would beryllium capable to harm us, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) main Mohan Bhagwat said astatine an RSS outreach lawsuit successful Lucknow connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026).
Global South refers to countries considered arsenic developing, little developed oregon underdeveloped successful the confederate hemisphere.
Mr. Bhagwat's remarks presume significance, arsenic they travel amid the caller tariff contention with the U.S.
"India volition pb the Global South. One day, tariffs won't impact us. India volition basal steadfast and not budge earlier immoderate nation," Bhagwat said astatine the 2nd of the 2 outreach events successful the State capital.
"In immoderate time, everything volition beryllium mean again," helium said astatine Lucknow's Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, wherever helium interacted with professionals.
Earlier successful the time astatine different event, Mr. Bhagwat deed retired astatine the U.S. and China.
Addressing a Shodharthi Samvad programme astatine the Malaviya Auditorium of Lucknow University, the RSS main said, "Western countries dispersed fundamentalism. Their reasoning is to go powerful, unrecorded connected their own, and wantonness the rest, eliminating those who go obstacles. This is what America and China are doing today."
Later, Mr. Bhagwat stressed that societal harmony was the instauration of unity successful nine and said the RSS works for the federation supra each divisions.
"Hindu dharma is the existent quality dharma. If determination is immoderate genuinely secular nine successful the world, it is the Hindu society," helium said, adding that Hindus should place themselves arsenic Hindus alternatively than their caste, sect, oregon denomination.
"Caste and connection identities are not paramount. We indispensable nurture the feeling that we are each Hindus," helium said. He asserted that the caste strategy was gradually weakening, peculiarly among the younger generation, and that erstwhile caste ceases to clasp societal importance, authorities centred astir it would besides change.
"In the Sangh, nobody's caste is asked. All are Hindu brethren. To eradicate caste from society, we indispensable archetypal hide caste," helium said.
Mr. Bhagwat said children should person spiritual acquisition astatine home, and families indispensable stay emotionally connected contempt geographical distances. He suggested families stitchery astatine slightest erstwhile a twelvemonth to uphold traditions and walk connected values to younger generations.
"A bully household builds a bully society," helium said.
While describing modernity arsenic intrinsic to Indian society, helium said RSS opposed unsighted westernisation. "Displaying wealthiness has ne'er been our tradition," helium said.
Mr. Bhagwat said temples should beryllium freed from authorities power and managed by devotees.
"We privation temples to beryllium nether the power of devotees. Religious leaders and well-meaning radical should travel unneurotic to tally them," helium said.
Referring to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, helium said it was moving successful this absorption and asserted that temple funds should beryllium utilised for nationalist involvement and the payment of Hindus.
Mr. Bhagwat said the RSS focuses connected character-building and encourages a civilization of giving alternatively than seeking. "The Sangh works to physique individuals. There is nary spot for disappointment among dedicated workers."
He claimed that the RSS had undertaken improvement initiatives successful 5,000 villages crossed the country, of which 333 had shown important progress.
In immoderate villages, helium said, residents had established schools up to people 12, resolved disputes without litigation, secured onshore for the landless and generated employment locally, starring to cultivation and economical advancement.
Mr. Bhagwat urged radical to be an RSS shakha to recognize the organisation amended and called upon "sajjan shakti" (well-meaning citizens).
