Controversy has been in the headlines across the country, including Gyanvapi in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Idgah in Mathura, Taj Mahal in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement regarding the Gyanvapi case surfaced for the first time.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday (June 2, 2022) that Gyanvapi has a history. which we cannot change. Today’s Hindus and Muslims have not made it. Why see Shivling in every mosque? Why escalate the fight? That too is a worship, which he has adopted. They are Muslims here. He said that India does not believe in any one worship and one language, because we are descendants of common ancestor.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said in Nagpur, ‘It happened at that time. When Islam came from outside through invaders. In those attacks, the shrines were demolished to demoralize the freedom fighters of India. Hindu does not think against Muslims. But he feels that they should be revived. We had said on 9th November that we will not do any agitation after Ram temple. But issues arise if they are in mind. If there is something like this, then resolve the issue together.
Bhagwat said that do we want to become ‘world conquerors’? No, we have no such aspiration. We don’t want anyone to win. We have to connect everyone. Sangh also works to unite everyone, not to win. India does not exist to conquer anyone, but to unite all. He further said that there should be no fight amongst themselves. Love is needed among themselves, diversity should not be seen as separation. We should share in each other’s suffering. Diversity is the decoration of unity, not separation.
The Russo-Ukraine War
Referring to the Russia-Ukraine war, the RSS chief said, “Power makes rioters.” We see that the fight is going on. Russia has attacked Ukraine, but no one can stop Russia by going to Ukraine because Russia has power. He said India could not do much when Russia attacked Ukraine and added that even the mighty China stood firm on the issue. If India were powerful enough, it would have stopped the war, but could not do so, because its power is still growing, but it is not perfect. Why doesn’t China stop them? Because he sees something in this war. This war has raised security and economic issues for countries like India. Bhagwat said, “We have to strengthen our efforts further. We have to be powerful. Had India had so much power in her hands, such an incident would not have happened in front of the world.