Population policy should be considered once again: RSS chief

October 15, 2021 47 Views No Comment

New Delhi, October 15 (ANI): Expressing concern over the “population imbalance” in the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that nation’s population policy should be reconsidered.

In his annual Vijaya Dashami address, the RSS chief said, “While reimagining the country’s development, one predicament comes to the fore which appears to concern many. The rapid growth of the country’s population may give rise to many problems in the near future.”

“Therefore, this challenge must be duly considered. A resolution was passed on this issue during the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (All India Executive Committee) meeting of Sangh held at Ranchi in the year 2015,” he said.

“In the present circumstances, news of persecution of native Hindus, growing criminalisation and mounting pressure on them to escape their areas where imbalanced population growth has surfaced. The violence that broke out following the elections of West Bengal and the pitiable condition of the Hindu people there can also be attributed to the appeasement of barbarous elements by the government and population imbalance. Therefore, a policy that is applicable to all groups in the same fashion is imperative. All of us need to inculcate the habit of considering the collective national interest above everything while coming out of attractive cobweb of milking the parochial group interests,” he added.

Talking about recent killings of civilians by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Bhagwat terrorists were resorting to targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir to instil fear.

Bhagwat said military preparedness on borders needs to be increased.

He also expressed concern over Bitcoin and OTT platforms and asked the government to take efforts to regulate these things.

“Terrorists are resorting to targeted violence in Jammu and Kashmir to instil fear,” he said.

On October 12, five Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer, were killed in an encounter in Dera Ki Gali in Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. On August 19, a Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district.

Bhagwat said societal consciousness is still skewed with caste-based sentiments and the RSS is working to address it.

Addressing the Swayamsevaks, Bhagwat said, “We don’t want a culture that widens the divide, but the one that binds the nation together and promotes love…Therefore, special occasions like birth anniversaries, festivals should be celebrated together.”

“Our journey from ‘Swadheehnta to Swatantrata’ is as yet far from complete. There’re elements in the world for whom India’s progress and its rise to a respected position are detrimental to their vested interests,” Bhagwat said.

Bhagwat also came out in support of the Centre’s decision to remember the pains of partition so that “repetition of that painful history will not happen”.

Bhagwat recalled sacrifices made by many freedom fighters and stated that while the country got its independence, the pain of partition hasn’t gone yet.

“We still feel the pain of partition. We should know the truth of the history of partition. To reclaim the integrity and unity of the country, the new generation should learn about this history,” said Bhagwat.

“We should avoid repetition of animosity to remain united. The new generation needs to be conscious about self for an unbiased society which is a pre-condition for a united country. We need to welcome those who got separated from us,” added Bhagwat.

With inputs from PTI