Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that lynching is a “Western construction” and should not be used to discredit the country in the Indian context.
Addressing the RSS’s Vijayadashami function at Reshimbagh Maidan in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, he said that the word ‘lynching’ does not originate from Indian ethos but comes from a different religious text, and such words are not used by Indians.
He also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the government’s move to repeal Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir but said that some vested interests do not want the country to be strong and vibrant.
Expressing displeasure over the many incidents of mob violence in the country, he said, “Lynching is not a word of Indian ethos, it originates from a story in a different religious text. We trust Indian brotherhood. No such words On Indians.”
He said, “Lynching is a Western construction and should not be used to discredit the country in the Indian context.”
Bhagwat urged citizens to create harmony, and all should remain within the purview of the law. “Volunteers are brought up with that rite,” he said.
He said that in the last few years, there has been a change in the “direction of India’s thought process”.
“There are many people in the world and also in Bharat who do not want this. A developed India creates fear in the minds of vested interests … such forces would not even want.
Bharat to be strong and vibrant,” the RSS chief said.
In the morning, Bhagwat performed ‘Shastra Puja’ at the Sangh’s annual Vijayadashami program here.
HCL founder Shiv Nadar was the chief guest for this year’s event.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Gen V K Singh (retd) and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were among those present at the event.
(With PTI Inputs)
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