Rashtraniti not Rajniti interests RSS: Bhagwat

Stating that RSS is concerned about “Rashtra Niti” (national policy) and not the “Rajniti” (politics),he said,“The RSS works to expand its organisation.”

“Door se dekhenge,galatfahami hogi. Andar aakar anubhav karna parega (From a distance,there could be misconception (about the RSS). So join the organisation to experience it),” he added.

Expressing his unhappiness over the hoardings that have been put across the city to welcome him,Bhagawat said,“I am supposed to stay in different parts of the country. So this visit is part of the same tradition. The RSS never seeks popularity. It works to expand its base.”

Bhagwat is in Lucknow since Friday evening. This is his first visit to the city after becoming the RSS chief.

Terming all Indians as Hindu by origin,Bhagwat said the society will never tolerate atrocities against the innocent and attacks on centres of faith.

“Our huge society has one ethos and culture and that is why we are a nation. All Indians are Hindus on the basis of traditions and ancestors,” he said. The RSS was working on the basis of this very ideology,Bhagwat added.

“Keeping in view the fact that we are all Hindus,we should interact and work unitedly for the uplift of the society,” the RSS chief said. He claimed that it has been scientifically proved that the DNA of people living in the Indo-Iranian era has been similar for the last 40,000 years.

“Therefore,we should live like brethren and complement each other. This harmony should come from the heart,words and action,” Bhagwat said.

He asked the people to celebrate anniversaries of all great personalities and invite each other in family functions like marriage. “This process of building a discrimination-free society should start from our homes. We should move together and make this society a better place,” he added. “Our motto is Vasudhev Kutumbakam (the whole world is a family) and we are working with this spirit,” Bhagwat said.

‘End to racial attack is a powerful India’

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday expressed concern over the attack on Indian students in Australia and said,“We are weak and our children face attack. If we become powerful,such incidents will not take place.”

On the foreign policy front,he said the country should use its political diplomacy to strengthen its position among the neighbouring countries and termed infiltration of Bangladeshis into Indian territories as a threat to internal security.

He also spoke about China’s claim over Arunachal and said that the Communist country was trying to influence Nepal through the Maoists who have become politically strong in Kathmandu.