Overview
- Speaking in Guwahati on November 18, Mohan Bhagwat said anyone taking pride in Bharat and following Indian culture is Hindu, adding that Bharat and Hindu are synonymous and no formal ‘Hindu Rashtra’ declaration is needed.
- He urged vigilance over demographic changes in Assam, citing illegal infiltration, opposing religious conversions, and suggesting a three-child norm for Hindus within a balanced population policy.
- Bhagwat is scheduled to be in Manipur from November 20 to 22 for his first visit since the 2023 ethnic violence, with sessions planned for journalists, entrepreneurs, civil society members, tribal leaders and youth in Imphal.
- Local RSS organisers say the trip is an internal, organisational outreach under the centenary programme centered on the Panch Parivartan agenda, with no meetings planned with political leaders.
- The visit continues the RSS’s centenary push across the Northeast, following extensive Pramukh Nagarik Sammelans in West Bengal and Sikkim, as Manipur remains under President’s Rule after more than 260 deaths and large-scale displacement.