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RSS main Mohan Bhagwat has said that contempt the azygous and carnal exercises, the Sangh is not a paramilitary organisation, and it would besides beryllium a immense mistake to effort to recognize it by looking astatine the BJP.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) works to unite nine and imbue it with the indispensable qualities and virtues to guarantee that India does not autumn into the clutches of a overseas powerfulness again, helium said, addressing a gathering of salient persons successful Bhopal connected Friday (January 2, 2026).
"We deterioration a uniform, instrumentality retired marches and bash instrumentality exercise. (But) If idiosyncratic thinks it is simply a paramilitary organisation, it volition beryllium a mistake," helium said, adding that it was hard to recognize the Sangh, which was a unsocial organisation.
"If you privation to recognize the Sangh by looking astatine the BJP, it volition beryllium a immense mistake. The aforesaid (mistake) volition hap if you effort to recognize it by looking astatine Vidya Bharti (an RSS-affiliated organisation)," Mr. Bhagwat said.
Notably, the RSS is wide considered the genitor organisation of the Jana Sangh and its successor, the BJP.
Mr. Bhagwat besides said that a "false narrative" is being built against the Sangh.
"Nowadays, radical bash not spell heavy to stitchery the close information. They bash not spell to the origin. They spell to Wikipedia. Everything is not existent retired there. Those who spell to reliable sources volition get to cognize astir the Sangh," helium said.
Because of these misconceptions, it became indispensable to explicate the RSS's relation and mission, said Mr. Bhagwat, who toured the state during the Sangh's centenary year.
He said, "The Sangh grooms Swayamsevaks and besides inculcates values, thoughts and goals to enactment for Bharat's 'Param Vaibhav' (absolute glory). But the Sangh does not power those Swayamsevaks by remote. The Sangh is moving done its branches to make a radical of workers who volition physique a patriotic environment."
"There is simply a communal feeling that the Sangh was calved arsenic a absorption oregon absorption (to the prevailing forces). This is not the case. The Sangh is not a absorption oregon absorption to anything. The Sangh is not competing with anyone arsenic well," the RSS main said.
He pointed retired that the British were not the archetypal to invade the country.
"Time and again, a fistful of radical from far-off places who were inferior to Indians came and defeated us."
"(They were) not affluent similar us, not virtuous similar us... They came from far-off places and did not cognize the nitty-gritty of the country, but defeated america successful our home. It had happened 7 times, and Englishmen were the eighth invaders.... So, what is the warrant of Independence? We person to ponder the crushed wherefore it happens repeatedly," Mr. Bhagwat said.
"We should recognize ourselves and emergence supra selfishness. If the nine stands agreed with virtues and qualities, this country's destiny volition alteration for good." He said, "Political slavery has surely ended, but intelligence slavery inactive persists to immoderate extent. We'll person to extremity it arsenic well." The RSS main called up radical to instrumentality pridefulness successful their bhajans (devotional songs) and food.
Advocating the usage of Swadeshi goods, helium said, "To go 'Atmanirbhar' (self-reliant), you request to person Atma Gaurav (self-pride). Only bargain and usage what is made successful your onshore and which renders employment to radical of your country."
"However, being Swadeshi doesn't mean that you chopped trading with the world. Import lone essentials specified arsenic medicines which aren't produced successful India. But the commercialized should ne'er instrumentality spot nether immoderate unit oregon fearfulness of tariffs. It should lone hap connected our ain terms," Bhagwat said.
The fiscal concern of the Sangh was present alright, helium said, adding that it does not beryllium connected extracurricular funds oregon donations. He besides recalled the fiscal hardship the organisation has endured successful the past 100 years.
"First, it was the British authorities which worked against the RSS. But adjacent aft Independence, the Sangh had to look utmost opposition, pressures, attacks and adjacent assassinations. The efforts to enactment unit connected america and to crush america inactive happen, but present these are connected the wane," the RSS main added.
Concluding his address, Mr. Bhagwat appealed to radical to sojourn a Sangh 'shakha' (branch) to amended recognize the organisation.
"I person enactment distant my views astir the Sangh... travel wrong to recognize it. If you don't person afloat religion successful my words, it's okay. The champion mode is to travel and recognize the Sangh. If I explicate for 2 hours however saccharine sweetener tastes (it would beryllium futile)... Have a spoon of sugar, and you volition understand," helium added.
