Harmonise environment and development: Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said it is important to frame policies which would help avoid conflict between environment and development by treading the "middle path."
"Nobody says that environment should be totally damaged. But large multinational companies arrive, they cause damage to it. World has no answer to the conflict between environment and development. We have to avoid this conflict and find a middle path and follow it," Bhagwat said at a meet on the sidelines of the Kumbh mela here.
He was inaugurating the 'Vichar Mahakumbh', a three-day international conference organised as part of the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela.

"We have to frame such policies which lead us to find a path equidistant from environment and development. Tathagat (Buddh) has described religion as midway. We have to make such policies that ensure people tread on a middle path," he said.
"The rulers and administrators framing policies come from our society only. People should force them to frame good policies. After that, public should follow them genuinely and examples should be put before them to educate them on the issue," Bhagwat said.
The RSS head said religion and spiritualism may not battle each other. Instead, they should find solutions to global problems in coordination with each other.

He insisted on developing a way of life which is in accordance with the present day conditions.

"Mere deliberations on the issue will not serve the purpose. But we have to frame a policy so that it translates into our daily conduct also," he said.
"How the new world should develop, the model concept should be outlined on the basis of India's value system and prevailing scenario," he added.
Bhagwat said even science has now understood that there are few things in this world which cannot be viewed through microscopic equipment in laboratories.
"As science is progressing, it is coming close to spiritualism. Science is a way to know the truth but it has its limitations."

He also praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for organising the 'Vichar Mahakumbh'.
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Gayatri Parivar Head, Pranav Pandya said, "We are going through great moments of change. In the next 10 years, India would emerge as the world guru (teacher) and will lead it. Politics would get cleansed by 2026 and human heart will also become pure."
Juna Akhara Head, Awdheshanand said the solution to global problems will not come through economic or political arenas but through spiritualism. "India's spiritual world would lead the globe in solving them."
Referring to the issue of discrimination of women across the world, the Chief Minister said even in "developed nations" half of the population is being treated in an unequal manner.

He also lamented commodification of women by companies to sell their products and said this situation needs to change.
During the three-day long conference besides spiritual matters, issues like global warming and changes in environment will be deliberated upon to find solutions. Besides, the way of life in current scenario will also be discussed.
He said in the concluding session of this conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part as chief guest and would also release a Simhastha-2016 Declaration on the occasion.