VSK TN
Sarsanghchalak Mohanji Bhagwat is speaking. On the dais is sitting: Varg Karyawah Sashikant Dikshit, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, Chief guest Dr D Ganaraju and Mahanagar Sanghachalak Dr Dilip Gupta.
Corruption is not the issue of system change. System change results from social transformation. If we transform the system, then new ways of corruption will be explored in that system. Sangh is doing the work of social transformation. It does not want anything else. It is not concerned with which whom the power rests,” thus Sarsaghchalak Mohanji Bhagwat gave a straight-forward reply to the allegations on sangh parivar about Baba Ramdev’s agitation.
He is speaking at a valedictory function of third year Sangh Shiksha Varg at Nagpur. Kanchi Kamkoti Peeth Shankaracharya Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati was prominently present to bless the occasion. Renowned industrialist from Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) and National Vice president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Dr Gangraju was the chief guest.
Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohanji Bhagwat flayed the Central Government’s move to suppress Baba Ramdev’s agitation that triggered the sentiments of a common man against corruption. Criticizing the unruly behavior of the government, Dr Bhagwat said that this is a blot on governance. We all are members of a family. The problem is also ours. We could have found a peaceful solution to the problem. Government should not have broken the dialogue process, but it could have given a time-bound programme to resolve the issue. Dr Bhagwat was addressing the valedictory function of Tritiya Varsha Sangha Shiksha Varga at Nagpur.
Dr Bhagwat’s address that lasted for about half an hour was mainly focused on the issue of Baba Ramdev’s agitation. He expressed his anger against the government in a very decent manner and cited the example of Chhattrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s mode of governance while guiding the swayamsevaks.
Corruption that has irked the countrymen, cannot be eliminated just by changing the system. Corruption is not the problem of system alone, but it is more concerned with the ethics and mentality of the society. People like Baba Ramdeo, Anna Hajare should be allowed to create awareness in the society and teach values. That way these problems can resolved. System-change results from social transformation. Only the society that is conscious about individual character can put an end to such unethical practices. RSS has been consistently doing this work of social transformation right from its day-first.
Value-based conduct comes by practicing good habits. RSS is the name of the process of cultivating good habits. In order to maintain good habits, daily RSS shakha is essential.
RSS is not concerned with whom the power rests. RSS is interested in the development of society and inculcating values in the society. This value-based society will then create power and keep a control over it. RSS aims at bringing social awakening by practicing good conduct and for that setting its example before the society, said Dr Bhagwat.
Highlighting the importance of regular shakha, Dr Bhagwat said, “Even if you roam around the world, you will not get anything. You have to come to the sangh shakha for the change in the society, at last. Hence regular shakha can only bring social transformation.”