Countries unrelated to conflicts also facing consequences: Mohan Bhagwat on Iran-US tensions
The RSS chief said a world marked by conflicts, divisions and competing interests increasingly requires India's civilisational outlook and values.
Arguing that the world is witnessing conflicts driven by self-interest, Bhagwat said countries across the globe were struggling to reconcile development and material progress with broader human welfare. (Photo: Screengrab/X/ANI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said that the consequences of global conflicts are increasingly being felt by countries with no direct involvement in them, citing the impact of tensions between Iran and the United States on fuel prices in India.
“A conflict may be between Iran and the United States, yet fuel prices are rising in India. Such is the state of the world that even nations with no connection to these disputes are being affected,” Bhagwat said while addressing the concluding ceremony of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s national cadre training camp, Karyakarta Vikas Varg-II, in Nagpur.
Arguing that the world is witnessing conflicts driven by self-interest, Bhagwat said countries across the globe were struggling to reconcile development and material progress with broader human welfare. In such a situation, he said, India’s civilisational outlook had greater relevance.
“India’s time has arrived,” Bhagwat said, adding that a world caught in conflicts, divisions and competing interests increasingly requires the values and ideas that emerged from India’s civilisational traditions.
Referring to the Indian concept of the four purusharthas, Bhagwat said the world recognises the importance of material prosperity, fulfilment of desires and the pursuit of liberation, but lacks a framework to harmonise them. He argued that India possesses such knowledge and must translate it into practice.
“India must rise in such a way that the entire world can see that the very foundation on which India is being built is the foundation upon which other nations, too, should be built,” he said.
Bhagwat also claimed that there are forces opposed to India’s progress and that attempts are being made to influence the country’s cultural values and traditions.
Earlier in his speech, Bhagwat said the “awakening of Hindu society” was becoming visible across the country.
Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, the chief guest at the event, said India was passing through a significant moment despite global uncertainties.
“The RSS completed 100 years last year. Today, India is the world’s sixth-largest economy and is progressing rapidly. While these are challenging times globally, this is India’s moment,” Birla said.
Urging young people to pursue entrepreneurship, Birla added that industry had an important role to play in nation-building and called on entrepreneurs to “build in India, build for India and build for the world”.
The training camp, which began on May 11, was attended by 880 participants from different parts of the country.
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