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Religion-based population imbalance cannot to be ignored: RSS chief

Population imbalances lead to changes in geographical boundaries, says Mohan Bhagwat at a Vijayadasami event

Mohan Bhagwat's Dussehra address: Highlights from his last five speeches

In his annual Vijayadashami speech on Wednesday, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sought a comprehensive new population policy applicable to everyone equally. Here we look at his speeches from the last 5 years

'Hindu' a geo-cultural identity, synonymous with 'Bharatiya': Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, while stating that there is "no particular definition of Hindu", said that the terms "Bharatiya" and "Hindu" are synonyms, and added that it is a "geo-cultural identity"

Mohan Bhagwat's overture to Muslims

Bhagwat's plea for social harmony tries to repackage the Hindutva project as accommodative and tolerant of minorities

Digvijaya Singh gets bail in defamation case related to comment on RSS

A court here on Saturday granted bail to senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in a defamation case over his claim that people associated with the RSS were receiving money from Pakistan. The district and sessions court granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 after he appeared before it. Speaking to reporters later, Singh claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was not a registered organization, hence it could not be defamed. Speaking at a press conference in Bhind in 2019, Singh had allegedly claimed that some people associated with the RSS were receiving money from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani spy agency. Avdhesh Singh Bhadoria, a lawyer, filed the defamation case against Singh after coming across the statement. The Congress leader had made the statement while referring to an alleged espionage racket that had been busted in Madhya Pradesh two years earlier. After a magistrate's court dismissed Bhadoria's defamation complaint against .

SKM leaders question composition of MSP panel, may give it a miss

Farmers' grouping has also been roiled by factional disputes since year-long agitation was called off

Maha: RSS affiliate slams Centre, NITI for 'anti-people' labour policies

Members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Saturday slammed the NITI Aayog for its anti-people policies.

Prime Minister Modi's outreach to pasmanda Muslims: A strategic pause?

The invention of "pasmanda Muslims plus Hindutva" also serves to confuse and destabilise an Opposition still trapped in its old political rhetoric

Autonomous Hindutva could devour both India and the Bharatiya Janata Party

In a formally secular India, religion indeed seems to have become the opium of the people, a mass distraction from the transformative social agenda that the country needs

Gyanvapi mosque: The situation in Varanasi portends a replay of 1992

This is a reminder of the lesson that the most effective tool for mass mobilisation in India is to march against the minorities

Venerating the law

Supreme Court must ensure that 1992 is not repeated

Political bullet-proofing: PM Modi declares third term intentions

Prime Minister Modi by declaring his intention for a third term is setting the Gujarat narrative and politically bullet-proofing himself

Violence does not benefit anybody: RSS chief amid rising communal clashes

He also underlined the need for establishing a Sindhi university in the country to ensure survival of the Sindhi language and culture

Communal djinn and the vanishing State

Though there is no direct evidence that unemployed youth are drawn into furthering the communal agenda, they have lately erupted in job-related agitations for reservations and inclusion in OBC lists

Ensure effective, useful outcome of TRIPS waiver discussions at WTO: SJM

India should not agree to any text until it has been fully vetted and endorsed by technical experts: RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM)

Students, faculty of IIMs ask PM Modi to take stand against hate speeches

The letter requested the PM to stand firm and lead the country away from those seeking to divide the nation

'Catch them young' strategy of the Congress to counter RSS-BJP

The party believes that young talent can be potential party workers and leaders as the present day party is lacking talent

After Muslims, Christians target of Hindutva brigade: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday claimed that after Muslims, Christians were the new target of the Hindutva brigade

RSS condemns sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple, calls it 'conspiracy'

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) condemned the alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar and called it a 'conspiracy' to make society fight among themselves

Frontier of warfare? Wrong to securitise civil society discourse

Creating suspicion about civil society undermines its robustness and contribution to nation building