Is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is generally addressed as Sarsanghchalak, trapped in the trap of secularism? Is the RSS chief engaged in the mission of creating a secular image of the Sangh? These questions are being raised because Mohan Bhagwat is continuously and repeatedly giving statements regarding temple-mosque.
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That organization (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) which completely supported the Ram Mandir movement, had fielded its subsidiary organization Vishva Hindu Parishad with full force to make the Ram Mandir movement in Ayodhya a house-to-house movement and had used its political The organization had helped the Bharatiya Janata Party a lot in making it the biggest issue of the country’s politics. The head of the same Sangh, Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is saying today that the campaign to search for a temple under every mosque should be stopped. Some leaders want to become a big leader of Hindus by raising the issue of temple-mosque. Many such statements of the Sangh chief have been continuously making headlines for the last few months.
This is the reason why the question is now being raised whether Mohan Bhagwat is engaged in a campaign to make the Sangh’s image secular? Before leaving the post of Sangh chief i.e. Sarsanghchalak, does Mohan Bhagwat want to give the form of such an organization to the Sangh, which along with Hindus, every Muslim and Christian living in India will also consider it as their organization?
For some people, this stand of Mohan Bhagwat must be unique and new? New people associated with BJP in the last few years, especially the new cadre of BJP active on social media, have also started criticizing Mohan Bhagwat for this.
However, intelligent analysts who have been watching the politics and activities of the Sangh for a long time understand very well what is going on inside the Sangh. They also understand very well that this is not the first time that the Sangh is trying to change its image.
In fact, in the 90s, with the support of Lal Krishna Advani and the increase in acceptance in the name of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a large section within the Sangh had understood that if the BJP could rule India for a long time like the Congress, If so, then he will have to take all the religions along.
During the tenure of the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Sangh, Rajendra Singh, who is famous as Rajju Bhaiya, discussions regarding change within the Sangh had started. However, it was implemented by the fifth Sarsanghchalak of the Sangh, KS Sudarshan. During his tenure, KS Sudarshan formed the Muslim Rashtriya Manch in the year 2002 under the leadership of senior Sangh leader Indresh Kumar. This platform was assigned the task of connecting the Muslim community of the country with the Sangh. Indresh Kumar has been traveling across the country for the last 22 years and is engaged in the mission of helping the Muslim community.
But it seems that due to Indresh Kumar not getting much success, now Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has decided to enter the fray himself. Mohan Bhagwat, who took charge of the Sangh in 2009, has now started feeling that the right time has come to change the image of the Sangh. Ram temple has been constructed in Ayodhya. Even regarding the Baba Vishwanath Temple in Kashi and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Mathura, the same kind of stubbornness is not visible within the Muslim community as was once seen regarding Ayodhya. This is the reason why the Sangh chief is continuously giving such statements but the unfortunate situation is that the new people associated with BJP are not able to understand this.
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In such a situation, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has to fight on two fronts. The first battle has to be fought against those people, leaders, workers and social media posts of BJP who joined BJP only because of the one-point agenda of the temple. In the coming days, the Sangh chief and the Sangh volunteers will have to fight another battle with those crores of Hindus of the country who are not able to digest the Muslim and mosque slogan of the Sangh.
Santosh Pathak
