Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said “Hindutva” is the fuel that sustains India, a country whose strength is in diversity, the Hindustan Times reported. “Bharat (India) will exist as long as Hindutva, the country’s essence, exists,” the RSS chief said at a Hindu conference in Guwahati, the largest city of Northeastern Indian state of Assam. Hindutva, a term popularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923, is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. Bhagwat also urged parents in the North Eastern states to send their children to RSS camps. Former Assam Chief Minister and Congress leader Tarun Gogoi said the RSS program was aimed at spreading the “communal politics” of the BJP.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 22, 2018 14:26 UTC