Overview

• Bhagwat said the RSS does not decide party appointments, including the BJP president, describing the party and government as autonomous though in coordination with the Sangh.
• He clarified he never advocated retiring at 75, calling his earlier line a quoted witticism and saying Sangh roles depend on organisational needs rather than age.
• He urged families to consider three children and identified conversion and illegal migration as drivers of demographic imbalance, urging jobs for citizens, including Muslims.
• He endorsed the National Education Policy and proposed integrating Gurukul elements with mainstream schooling, saying India’s common transactional language should not be foreign even as English can be learned.
• He reaffirmed support for constitutionally mandated reservations and said the RSS will not back Kashi or Mathura temple-reclamation campaigns, though volunteers may act individually.