World only understands power: India will talk non-violence,but will also carry a stick: RSS chief

April 15: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief (the Sarsanghchalak) Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing a gathering of saints in Haridwar on Wednesday, said India will talk about non-violence but will also carry the stick as “the world only understands power”. His speech comes in the backdrop of the violence, stone pelting, and arson that rocked several states across India on the occasion of Ram Navami on 10 April.

“Everything will not be achieved at once. I do not have the power at all…it is with people. They have the control. When they are ready, everyone’s behaviour changes. We are preparing them; you also do it. We will walk together as an example, without fear. We will talk about non-violence, but we will walk with a stick. And that stick will be a heavy one,” said the RSS chief.

Bhagwat said Hindu Rashtra is nothing but Sanatan Dharma. “The objectives of religion are the objectives of India. Swami Vivekananda had said religion is India’s life…. India’s progress is not possible without the progress of religion. Sanatan Dharma is only Hindu Rashtra. The progress of India is assured,” he said. “Astrological predictions suggest that we will realise the dream of ‘Akhand Bharat’ in the next 20-25 years,” he added.