Mohan Bhagwat and Akhilesh Yadav (R) NEW DELHI: Taking on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s claim that Indians have shared “the same DNA for 40,000 years,” Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday turned the remark into a political weapon. Speaking at a rally in Bihar alongside Rahul Gandhi‘s Voter Adhikar Yatra, Akhilesh mocked the statement…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said there is no rift between the Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said the Sangh can give advice on any issue, but the final decision will be taken by the BJP.The RSS chief said there could be “difference of opinion” while…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said the true spirit of Swadeshi was the nation’s policy to engage internationally by choice and not under pressure.“Self-reliance is the key to everything. Our country must be self-reliant. For self-reliance, priority should be given to the use…
New Delhi: Casting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh‘s centenary as both vindication of its importance and presentation of a fresh challenge, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said the organisation had endured a century of neglect, hostility and bans to emerge as a force of acceptance, and used the occasion to define Hindu identity as inclusive…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday sidestepped questions about the possibility of him becoming the next BJP president, saying his focus in entirely on boosting agricultural production and improving farmers’ income.When asked about his reported meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in New Delhi over the…
NEW DELHI: A former police officer has claimed that he was given the order to arrest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat to establish “Bhagwa terror” angle in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.Retired officer inspector Mehiboob Mujawar, who was a part of Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad that probed the case, claimed that the acquittal seven accused…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday defined a staunch Hindu as one who “does not oppose others.”“There is often a misunderstanding that being a staunch Hindu means abusing others. Such a misconception can happen,” news agency PTI quoted Bhagwat as saying. He was speaking…
NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India must focus on becoming powerful and economically strong, asserting that the world respects strength and not just ideals. Addressing a national education conference in Kochi, Bhagwat declared that India no longer has to be the “golden bird” of the past but must now transform into…
Congress leader Pawan Khera, left, and Prime Minister Modi (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: The opposition on Saturday latched on to Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s remarks to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress called for PM Modi’s “retirement” after Bhagwat suggested that political leaders should step aside by the age of 75.In…
