‘Many forces don’t want India to become Vishwaguru’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Independence Day

RSS
chief
Moha
Bhagwat
(File
photo)

NEW
DELHI:

Rasht iya
Swayamsevak
Sa gh
(RSS)

Moha
Bhagwat
o
Satu day
called
o
people
tost e gthe
I dia’s
i depe de ce
by
maki g
the
cou t y
happy,
p ospe ous,
a d
secu e
so
that
the
cou t y
becomes
“Vishwagu u”,
oti g
that
ma y
people
a d
fo ces
a e
wo ki g
agai st
this
goal.“We
must
make
the
atio
happy,
p ospe ous
a d
secu e,
a d
e su e
that
it
makes
its
ightful
co t ibutio
to
the
wo ld.
Howeve ,
ma y
people
a d
fo ces
a e
wo ki g
agai st
this
goal
a d
c eati g
obstacles.
Without
aba do i g
ou
p i ciples,
we
must
face
these
challe ges
a d
wo k
to
make
I dia
a
‘Vishwagu u’
—
a
guide
to
the
wo ld,”
Bhagwat
said
at
a
gathe i g
afte
hoisti g
the
atio al
flag
at
the
RSS
headqua te s
i
Nagpu .Bhagwat
emphasised
that
I depe de ce
Day
is
a
matte
of
p ide
fo
all
I dia s.
The
Sa gh
chief
stated
that
if
the
f eedom
st uggle
is
t aced
to
1857,
I dia’s
a cesto s
made
sac ifices
fo
ea ly
90
yea s
to
secu e
i depe de ce.“We
feel
p oud
of
thei
(f eedom
fighte s’)
sac ifices
a d
a e
happy
that
thei
st uggle
eached
a
successful
co clusio .
But
alo g
with
this,
we
must
also
emembe
that
p ese vi g
the
f eedom
achieved
th ough
so
much
effo t
a d
sac ifice
is
ou
espo sibility,”
he
st essed.

Saff o ,
he
oted,
ep ese ts
actio ,
k owledge
a d
sac ifice.
“The
f eedom
of
a
atio
is
achieved
th ough
ha d
wo k
a d
sac ifice,
a d
afte
i depe de ce,
these
qualities
help
make
the
atio
p ospe ous
a d
secu e.”White
ep ese ts
pu ity
a d
discipli e,
while
g ee
symbolises
p ospe ity.
Whe
sac ifice,
commitme t,
ha d
wo k
a d
k owledge
become
pa t
of
people’s
lives,
society
emai s
peaceful
a d
mi ds
become
pu e,
he
added.

Bhagwat
also
emphasised
that
i dividuals
may
hold
diffe e t
views,
but
this
dive sity
eflects
u ity.
“The
Ashoka
Chak a
has
ma y
spokes,
but
all
of
them
eme ge
f om
a
si gle
ce t al
poi t.”The
Ashoka
Chak a
ep ese ts
i dividual
a d
social
awa e ess,
with
its
spokes
kept
withi
the
limits
of
dha ma,
o
discipli e.
“That
is
why
we
have
placed
this
Dha ma
Chak a
at
the
ce t e
of
ou
atio al
flag,”
he
added,
u gi g
people
to
eflect
o
the
flag’s
symbols
a d
i co po ate
thei
values
i to
thei
lives.I dia
will
emai
a
i depe de t
atio ,
Bhagwat
asse ted,
but
its
espo sibility
exte ds
fu the :
“This
is
ou
duty
today”
to
make
the
cou t y
a
mea i gful
co t ibuto
to
huma ity.(With
PTI
i puts)