Their idea of India: What Mohan Bhagwat's speech says about RSS's thinking

When he took over as the chief of the RSS, Bhagwat was just 59, the youngest Sarsanghchalak the RSS has had

Shake awake a supporter of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at 3 a.m. and ask him what the RSS thinks of politics.
His visceral, at once outraged and contemptuous, response will be: “The RSS is a socio-cultural organisation. It does not involve itself in party politics”.

That said, the Vijayadashami speeches of all Sarsanghachalaks, the chief of the RSS, are important manifestos of the RSS. 

Even more so when its political front, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is in power. 

“Overall, the RSS’s position on all social-political and contemporary issues is reflected in this speech. The message is for the volunteers