“Truth does not get recognition without strength. Satya (truth) and ahimsa (non-violence) too become weapons when they are backed with strength. Today our country has good credibility. The whole world recognises it. If we have to preserve this credibility for long it needs the backing of strength. It is because of the lack of strength that some of our neighbouring counties like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan are going under the influence of China one by one. It is developing a major security threat for Bharat. That our neighbouring countries are joining the imperialist forces like China should be a matter of concern not only for India but also for the whole world,” said RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat. He was addressing a gathering of uniformed swayamsevaks in Delhi on October 2. The function was organised by Delhi Prant of RSS to celebrate Vijayadashami, which is also the Sangh’s foundation Day.
Prior to it, Shri Bhagwat performed shastrapujan at the function. Over 35,000 uniformed swayamsevaks of Delhi were present at the function. The workers of Delhi Prant had been preparing for this function for over two months. Only selected swayamsevaks from all shakhas of Delhi participated in the function. As the Sarsanghachalak reached the venue, the ghosh swayamsevaks played four dhuns to welcome him. While playing various other tunes they also formed many shapes like Om and Swastika. Then the swayamsevaks performed various physical activities like Surya Namaskar, yoga, etc. Kshetra Sanghachalak Dr Bajrang Lal Gupt, Delhi Prant Sanghachalak Shri Ramesh Prakash Sharma and Sah-Prant Sanghachalak Dr SS Agrawal also shared the dais.
Prominent among those who were present on the occasion in full uniform included VHP president Shri Ashok Singhal, senior leaders of VHP Acharya Giriraj Kishore and Shri Dinesh Chandra, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Shri Manmohan Vaidya, RSS National Executive Member Shri Ram Madhav, senior Pracharak Shri Madhubhai Kulkarni, BJP president Shri Rajnath Singh, BJP general secretary Shri Ramlal, former Governor of Goa and Sikkim Shri Kidarnath Sahani, Leader of Opposition, Delhi Assembly, Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra and former Chief Minister of Delhi Shri Madan Lal Khurana.
Shri Bhagwat said shastrapujan is performed every year by the swayamsevaks to worship the shakti. He further said the day this year also marks many other events like centenary year of the Uttarpara Speech by Sri Aurobindo, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri and also the centenary year of Hind Swaraj, a vision document written by Gandhiji. Stating that since Mahrishi Aurobindo had predicted in his Uttarpara Speech of India becoming the vishwa guru, Shri Bhagwat said the time is approaching and we need to be prepared for playing that important role in the world. “The world is waiting for us to play this role. Before it, we have to overcome our internal problems and need to stand with full force. We have to find solutions to our both internal and external problems. What China, Pakistan and Bangladesh are doing today should caution all of us. The way the fundamentalist and imperialist forces are trying to break India, we should be alert and should prepare the new generation to be capable to face these challenges,” he said.
Shri Bhagwat stressed the need to ensure availability of education, health and farming resources. “Only then shall we be able to achieve paramvaibhav. There is also a need to identity those who are trying to get political mileage by dividing the society in the name of caste, way of worship, language and community. The politics of division has become a routine. It must be curbed,” he added.
The Sarsanghachalak further said the problems come but they should be faced with bravery and determination. “The internal weakness is the root cause of our most of the problems. The people who dislike everything Indian are, no doubt, very less in number but they are dominating the majority of the population, intellectual world, administration and government. They are trying to make everybody like them. This is the basic problem that must be resolved. The RSS was basically started with the feeling that blaming others for our weaknesses will do no good. Those, who are weak, face repeated attacks from everywhere. But nobody dare to look at those who are powerful. This is the tradition in the whole world. We are sure that India shall achieve the status of vishwa guru on the basis of truth, non-violence and peace,” he added.
Shri Bhagwat stated that it is the fifth generation working in the Sangh. The swayamsevaks are running more than 1.5 lakh service projects on their own strength. That is why the Sangh is the largest social organisation of the world. He appealed to the swayamsevaks to educate the society about the challenges the country is facing today and prepare them to be ready to play a bigger role in the world.
(FOC)
