Overview
- Calling for social harmony, he said people should not be judged by caste, wealth, language or region and asserted that the country belongs to everyone.
- He urged that temples, water bodies and cremation grounds be accessible to all Hindus, emphasizing persuasion and unity rather than conflict.
- He encouraged families to spend one day each week together for home-cooked meals, prayers and meaningful discussion to counter loneliness and bad habits.
- He pressed for speaking one’s mother tongue at home and learning local languages when living in other states, saying all Indian languages carry equal weight.
- He advocated reading and following the Constitution’s duties, buying swadeshi where possible, and taking home-based conservation steps such as water saving, rainwater harvesting, reducing single-use plastics and planting trees, while noting the remarks come during the RSS centenary with no plan for celebrations.