RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat bats for women’s rights, discusses Hindu Rashtra concept at Dussehra event

Nagapur (India Today), Oct. 5: Amid celebrations of Dussehra, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, on Wednesday, said that women need to be treated with equality and empowered with freedom of making their own decisions. He also talked about the concept of Hindu Rashtra and said that they will keep emphasising the word Hindu for themselves.

While delivering his customary Vijayadashami speech on the occasion in Nagpur, Bhagwat said, “In Sangh, there is an old tradition of welcoming intellectual and accomplished women guests in its programmes. The Shakha methodology of ‘Vyakti Nirman’ is being operated separately by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Rashtra Sevika Samiti.”

“Coincidently, the delightful and honourable presence of today’s chief guest, Santosh Yadav, represents power (Shakti). Twice, she has climbed the great heights of Gauri Shankar,” he said.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) invited acclaimed mountaineer Santosh Yadav to be the chief guest at its annual Dussehra function. This is the first time in Sangh’s history that a woman is a chief guest at the event.

The annual Vijayadashami address is one of the main events of the Sangh and is considered an occasion where the RSS chief puts forth the Sangh stance on important issues.