Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat continued his deliberation on “Bhavishya Ka Bharat — An RSS Perspective” on the third and the last day of the Sangh’s conclave. Answering wide-ranging questions on issues like inter-caste marriages, education as well as the caste system, Bhagwat said the caste system, as it is called, is not a system but a disorder and it has to end.
He also said the RSS was not against inter-caste marriage and it was an issue of compatibility between a man and woman. The first intercaste marriage in Maharashtra took place in 1942 and congratulatory messages poured for them by Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Sri Guruji (MS Golwalkar). Guruji had then said ‘you aren’t getting married only due to physical attraction, you want to convey that everyone is equal’,” Bhagwat said.
“If a survey of inter-caste marriages is done, maybe you will find the maximum percentage of those being swayamsevaks from Sangh,” he said.
Bhagwat pitched for protection of cows but disapproved of going against law in the name of such vigilantism.
The Sangh head also said, “We have to reject the double-speak as there is no talk of violence by cow smugglers.” He was replying to questions on cow vigilantism and mob lynching.
It is a crime to take law in one’s own hands, Bhagwat said on cow vigilantism and asserted there should be stringent punishment in such cases.
The question came in the backdrop of instances of alleged lynching by cow vigilantes in several states.
Bhagwat also said the Sangh was not opposed to any language, including English, but it should be given its proper place, suggesting it cannot replace an Indian language.
“You should not be opposed to any language, including English, and it should not be removed,” Bhagwat said while replying to written questions on the last day of the Sangh’s three-day mega outreach conclave.
He also said,”We have no enmity with English. We need proficient English speakers.”
