Bhagwat landed in the US on Tuesday as part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s centenary-year global outreach, a tour that also takes him to Canada and the UK. Billboards in New York’s busiest square are carrying RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s images ahead of a major address to Indian expats at Madison Square Garden.
Truth is one, and humanity is a product of that truth. So humanity is one. After that calling, our Swayamsevaks reached there first. And they served, serving treating the wounded, there were very few, all others were dead. Recovering their bodies. Arrange for the funeral rites. When their relatives came, helping them in identifying. We never thought at that time that these are Muslims. “If you want to call yourself Hindu, you must believe that all paths are leading to the same. And every human has a dignity. There is no difference between human beings. I had a lecture there. And Muslim brothers were also there. And they asked me a question: You are a Hindu organization, you say Hindu Rashtra, what about us Muslims? Would you drive us out?
Because as human beings, we are prisoners of the software that has been created in our heads,” says Mohan Bhagwat. Talking about RSS’ work during the 1996 plane crash in Haryana, Mohan Bhagwat said, “Most of the passengers were Muslims.
“I am not a religious scholar, nor a religious authority like you, but I am working in a society which traditionally says that religions might be different, but humanity is one. That truth is one truth, but it is described in many ways according to the describer. I said no, that is not Hindutva. If any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslim in Bharat, he will not remain Hindu,” Says Mohan Bhagwat.
