New Delhi: Kuomintang Chairman Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that the Sangh was not formed to react to or oppose any organization and did not seek power or popularity.Bhagwat, who was speaking at an RSS centenary celebrations event in Mumbai, said those who want to understand the RSS must come inside the organization and see it up close.“The Sangh has not emerged to compete with any other institution or organization or as a reaction or opposition to anyone. The Sangh does not seek popularity. The Sangh does not seek power. Whatever good the country is doing, may they do well; the Sangh exists to help achieve that,” the RSS chief said.“If you want to know about Sanger, come in and see for yourself,” he added.Bhagwat claimed that RSS volunteers across the country have restarted more than one lakh and thirty thousand services, large and small.He said, “More than one lakh and thirty thousand large and small service works were performed by Swayamsevaks without receiving any government funds and they spent their own funds with the cooperation of the society. In the history of our country, after Tathagata Buddha, no work like the Sangh has happened.”“The Sangh’s work is for the entire country – Bharatvarsh,” he added.Talking about the situation of the country before the birth of RSS in 1925, Bhagwat, an Englishman founded RSS indian national congress party as a “safety valve”, but the Indians turned it into a powerful tool in the struggle for independence.Talking about RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, Bhagwat described his difficult childhood, including the death of his parents due to plague at the age of 13 and the subsequent financial hardships he suffered.Bhagwat said Hedgewar was actively involved in various movements during the freedom struggle, including the Vande Mataram movement during his student days.Bhagwat said that when he passed the entrance examination with first-class results, some people in Nagpur raised funds to send him to Calcutta for medical education, where he came in contact with revolutionary groups.Recalling anecdotes from that period, Bhagwat said Hedgewar was operating under the code name “Koken”, inspired by the name of a person named Kokenchandra. He said that on one occasion, a police team came to arrest Kochanchandra but instead detained Hedgewar, an incident recorded in Rash Behari Bose’s book.At the award ceremony, famous guests such as film actors Salman KhanSubhash Ghai and Prasoon Joshi were also present.The two-day lecture series titled ‘100 Years of the Sangh Journey: New Horizons’ aims to reflect on the journey of the RSS, its role in society and the ideas and perspectives that shape its future.
