Haldwani : While addressing the RSS workers and their families, during an event in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday, October 10, said that Hindus who converted for marriage were committing a ‘wrong’ and that it was happening for ‘small selfish interests’. He also alerts parents about OTT content.
Bhagwat was quoted as saying, “How does conversion happen? How do our girls and boys embrace other religions? For small selfish interests, for marriage. It’s another matter that those who do it are wrong. But why aren’t we preparing our children?”
Bhagwat’s remarks gain significance in view of several BJP-ruled states bringing law against alleged “love jihad” (religious conversion for marriage). These laws are understood to have been brought under pressure from the RSS.
He also stated that Hindu families should instill Hindu culture in their children. He said, “pride in our self, our religion, and respect for our praying traditions. If there are questions asked, answer them, don’t be confused.”
Chief said that to organize the whole society equal participation of men and women is required. He said, ““The aim of RSS is to organise Hindu society. But when we organise RSS programmes, we see only men. Now if we want to organise the whole society, then it has to have 50 percent women.”
Bhagwat said, that India was the richest in the world till the arrival of the Mughals. Indians have always shared their wealth with others. He said that India had a lot of wealth till the arrival of the Mughals. Bhagwat said, ‘India was the most economically prosperous country in the world from the 1st century to the 17th century i.e. before the Mughal plundering started in the country. That’s why it was called gold bird.
“Save Kids From OTT Platforms,” Says Bhagwat
The RSS chief also stressed on the need for parents to caution children from OTT platforms. He said, ‘OTT platforms show various kinds of things. What comes in the media is not with the perspective of what will be good for children and for our value system.. So we have to teach our children what to watch and what not to watch at home.
While praising Indian family values, and claiming that there are forces trying to destroy them, Bhagwat said, “To keep people enslaved, West sent opium to China. The youth got addicted to opium and then the West ruled China. In our country too this is happening. When you see drug cases and where these drugs are coming from you will know where it is coming from and why. And who is benefiting from it.”
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