New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday that if someone is a Hindu then he will be a patriot and that is his basic character and nature. The Sangh chief said this while quoting Mahatma Gandhi’s remarks in which he said that his patriotism originated from his religion.
Mohan Bhagwat said this while inaugurating the book ‘Making of a Hindu Patriot: Background of Gandhiji Hind Swaraj’ written by JK Bajaj and MD Srinivas. Bhagwat said that the name of the book and my release of it may lead to speculation that it is an attempt to define Gandhiji on his own. He said, “Nobody can define great men according to their own.” He said that this book is based on extensive research and those who have different opinions from it can also write and research. The RSS chief said, “Gandhiji said that my patriotism originates from my religion. I will understand my religion and become a good patriot and ask people to do the same. Gandhiji said that to understand Swaraj one has to understand self-religion. “
Referring to the religion and patriotism, the Sangh chief said that if he is a Hindu, he has to be a patriot because it is at its core. He may be in sleep who has to be awakened, but no Hindu can be anti-India. He said that as long as there is a fear in my mind that my existence is a threat to my existence and you will risk my existence by my being, then there can be deals, but not intimacy.
