The World Hindu Congress marks the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic speech at the parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893 in Chicago.
Speaking at the second World Hindu Congress in Chicago, US on Friday, Mohan Bhagwat had said that Hindus had no aspiration of dominance and the community would prosper only when it worked as a society.
Bhagwat used stories from the Mahabharata to explain right-distancing from leadership, obedience, dissent, and patience for results and why it’s important to get in line once there’s consensus.
He further said, “In initial days of our work, when our workers used to talk to the Hindus about organising them, they used to say a lion never walks in a group.
But even that lion or a royal Bengal tiger who is the king of the jungle, if he is alone, wild dogs can invade and destroy him.”
He urged the conference attendees to discuss and evolve a methodology to implement the idea of working collectively. He said the Hindu society has the largest number of meritorious persons.
Bhagwat said a sense of idealism is good and described himself not as “anti-modern”, but as “pro-future”. He sought to describe Hindu dharma as “ancient and post-modern”.
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra too slammed the RSS and alleged that its ideology was “anti-Hindu”.
Defending Bhagwat’s comments, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said the RSS chief has always spoken for the welfare of Hindu society and the country.
