Congress played a major role in Independence, gave many leaders: Bhagwat

Bhagwat says India's diversity must be respected, celebrated and it should not be a reason for any discord in society

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not seek domination and is indifferent to who comes to power, the Hindutva organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat said Monday, as he launched an unprecedented outreach in a bid to allay apprehensions about its ideology.

In his nearly 80-minute speech on the first day of the three-day conclave, Bhagwat also asserted that RSS is “most democratic” and not dictatorial, insisting that it neither imposes its ideology nor remote-controls its various affiliates, apparently rejecting criticism that the BJP is controlled by it. Almost all major Opposition parties gave the conclave “Bhavishya Ka Bharat — An RSS