Mainstreaming of Hindutva politics is something dear to Narendra Modi's heart and this is where RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat too is with him.
Those who presumed that Bhagwat will pass diktat that Modi should step aside after Sept 17th 2025 -- the 75th birthday -- were highly depressed. Some might have been let down. But those who know proponents of Hindutva politics also know how things actually work.
Ideology and the common 'mission' comes more than anything else.
There could be differences in opinion 'mat-bhed' between Modi-Amit Shah duo or BJP leadership and the RSS but it is a fact of life that the Sanghparivar has never had it so good in this country since independence.
Bhagwat is taking things to the next stage and here PM Modi is not only with him; Narendra Modi is an asset to pursue the relentless journey for the greater cause of Hindutva and taking it overseas.
There are number of Governors and Vice chancellors from the RSS background. There are RSS-backed guys who are dominating scenes in sectors such as Education.
India culture and Hindutva politics has spread across the world from Australia to America in the last 11 years of Modi era.
Since Modi came to power in 2014, there have been highly successful efforts to mobilise the vast Indian diaspora in support of the BJP and also spread Hindutva philosophy particularly in the UK, US and Australia, through use of various strategies and tools including social media.
The International Day for Yoga was a major coup staged by Modi in the United Nations. In the United Kingdom; Rishi Sunak rose to become the Prime Minister of a country -- which was not only ruled India once but which partitioned the sub-continent.
A Hindu Rashtra cannot be defined using the parameters of the western concept of a nation state, it has nothing to do with politics or power, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said in Delhi addressing 'Vyakhyanmala' event, organised to mark the centenary year of RSS.
Modi earlier on the Independence Day praised the RSS from the ramparts of the Red Fort. These things were hardly thinkable even a decade back.
The rise in global support for the BJP or Modi has also coincided with a rise in prominence of Hindutva groups and charities in the US and other countries too.
A Hindu temple could come up in a Gulf country with the approval of the ruling dynasty.
Moreover, some of these Hindutva groups have been accused of trying to undermine academic freedom on university campuses by targeting academics whose work has focused on India’s Islamic history.
In September 2021, organisers of an academic conference on Hindutva held in the US made news for wrong reasons. The 'Hindu nationalist ideology' has also begun to rear its head in the UK.
“Sangh was not a party to any protest or opposition... when someone asked Guruji (MS Golwalkar; the man who built the organisation) why a Sangh Shakha was needed in areas with no Muslims or Christians, he said a Hindu Samaj and a Shakha would exist even if there were no Muslims anywhere in the world,” Bhagwat said.
“We do not believe in unity from uniformity... There is no Hindu versus others. Inclusivity has no outer limit. We can have mathed (differences of opinion) not manbhed (discord). Even those who oppose us are our own,” he added.
These are like saying the RSS is rather spreading the true spirit of democracy as the western world understands.
Mohan Bhagwat also said that the DNA of people living in India for the past 40,000 years is “one.”
The mainstreaming of Hindutva politics has been happening since 2014. The three-day lecture series of RSS chief made it clear that now he wants the 'next stage' -- mainstreaming of the RSS.
Bhagwat understands the importance of the fact that he is heading the organisation when India has a Prime Minister like Modi - a former pracharak.
Modi has been always a proud proponent of Hindutva politics -- something even perhaps image-conscious Atal Bihari Vajpayee lacked.
Bhagwat understands the great power of Modi-Shah duo and also appreciates that it is this team that created ground for making a monk Yogi Adityanath the chief minister of India's most populous states - that sends 80 MPs. Yogi need not be a RSS man but he is a strong champion of the cause of Hundutva.
The wrongdoers in UP and more so if they are Muslims 'fear the writ of the government today'. This is an achievement for the Hindu school of wisdom and power.
The BJP openly prescribes to Hindutva and proclaims it is a cultural agenda to promote India’s heritage and Hindutva-brand of history and culture.
The mainstreaming of Hindutva politics also means taking actions against “love jihad” and stalling conversion.
It has led to new laws being passed under Modi around 'citizenship' and marriage which have been described as discriminatory to minorities but symbols of victories of the Hindutva politics.
Ram temple is a reality. Article 370 has been done away with in Jammu and Kashmir and in many states Uniform Civil Code is unfolding gradually.
The resurgent Hindutva forces under RSS and BJP have joined hands and are targeting power in difficult states such as Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
It has won two consecutive assembly elections in Tripura ousting the Marxists.
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