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RSS Chief Says Government Erred in Delaying Youth Protest Talks

RSS Chief Says Government Erred in Delaying Youth Protest Talks
Gen Z protests to 2024 poll setback: How RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat nudges BJP into course correction · indianexpress.com

In India, a big organisation called the RSS is like a big brother to the ruling party, the BJP.

The leader of the RSS, Mohan Bhagwat, is like a wise teacher who sometimes tells the ruling party what it is doing wrong.

Recently, students went to a place called Jantar Mantar to protest because they were upset about problems with exams.

Bhagwat said the government waited too long to talk to them, and that talking to people who are upset is the right thing to do.

He also said that people who protest are not enemies of the country, they usually just have a problem that needs fixing.

This is not the first time the RSS has reminded the government to listen to people, during big farmer protests a few years ago, the RSS also asked the government to find a middle ground.

After the 2024 elections, the ruling party did not win as many seats as before, so it had to work with partner parties.

Bhagwat also said that people who love people of the same gender should be treated with respect and given their own space.

The article explains that the RSS guides the BJP like a guardian, telling it when it needs to change course.

Key facts

RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat
Key remark
"Kami to rahi hai" (there were shortcomings) on delayed engagement with Jantar Mantar protesters
Protest issue
Student agitation over exam paper leaks
BJP 2024 Lok Sabha seats
240 seats, down from 303, forcing reliance on NDA allies to form a government
Previous pressure point
Farmers' agitation (2020-21) against three farm laws, which Prime Minister Modi repealed ten months after RSS calls for a middle ground
Bhagwat's LGBTQ stance (Jan 2023)
Homosexuality is a biological reality; LGBTQ people deserve dignity and their own private space
2013 BJP stance
Rajnath Singh opposed decriminalising homosexuality, describing it as "unnatural"
Context
Remarks came after then BJP president J P Nadda said the BJP had become organisationally self-sufficient and less dependent on the RSS

Quotes

Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief and Sarsanghchalak

“Kami to rahi hai. When something that should not happen, happens, then it is evident some mistake has been committed. It should have been done. We should also see that if Gen Z is protesting, it is not protesting because it is opposed to us. It is protesting because it is facing some problem. The solution to that problem must be found.”
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“A true sevak operates within decorum… he does not get attached, is not arrogant that this has been done by me. Only he can be called a sevak.”
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