Bharat Mata ki Jai not to be ‘imposed’, says Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday softened his stand on the slogan “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and said that it should not be imposed on others.

A day earlier in Kolkata, he has said that he wanted the world to chant “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. “RSS workers should do such deeds that people begin chanting this slogan on their own. India has to show the way to the world how an ideal life should be led and that too by serving the people and the motherland in an exemplary manner,” he said on Monday.

Mr Bhagwat was speaking to the Sangh cadre after inaugurating the Rajju Bhaiyya Smriti Bhawan, earlier known as Bhartiya Kisan Sangh building. He said, “We (India) have to show the way to the people of the world with our life and deeds. We do not want to win or defeat anyone. We do not want to impose our ideology and thoughts on anyone. We wish to show them the path because we accept them as our own. We have to show the path to the world through our deeds.”

He said the Sangh was striving to raise more and more people who were committed to the cause of creating a great India. Whether it is farmers or people engaged in other occupations for livelihood, everyone contributes something to society, he said.

The RSS leader cited the examples of former RSS chief, the late Rajju Bhaiyya, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and Bhaurao Deoras who inspired the generations by their sense of duty and service to mankind.

“People often earn more than what they need and they must learn to use their earning for a national cause so that the country can progress. Earning maximum wealth with minimum effort can be considered to be a special ability, but it should not be a motto. Our motto should be that we will work more than we take from the society. We should give more to the society,” he said.

Mr Bhagwat said that the new order of the world would emerge from India and Indians should be conscious about this fact and instil more sense of duty in themselves. He said that a sense of nationalism should be present in every individual so that the world can look up to India.

The RSS chief is on a two-day visit to Lucknow during which he will interact with farmers and Sangh workers.