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Days after his remark on a relook at reservations sparked off a political storm that has found an echo in the Bihar election campaign, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today began his annual Vijayadashmi address by invoking Dalit icon B R Ambedkar. In his speech that marked the 90th year of the RSS’s formation, he applauded the Modi government for ushering in what he called hope; he referred to the “view that the media should be regulated while conserving their freedom” and, citing “imbalances” that have emerged after the Census data, called for a national population-control policy. -
“Chhoti moti baatein idhar udhar hoti rahti hain. Uska bahut bada karke chitra bataya jata hai (Minor incidents take place here or there. These are exaggerated and presented in a big way),” he said, adding that “Chhote mote prasang hote hain, Hindu sanskriti nahi bigadti…it is our eternal culture — Hindu culture — that accepts and respects all forms of diversity and which precisely forms the nature and value system of every Bharatiya.” Bhagwat called for dialogue with communities for peaceful settlement of disputes over traditions. -
On the media, he said: “There is a view that media should be regulated while conserving their freedom to ensure that no ill effect, knowingly or unknowingly, prevails in the society.” Bhagwat also underlined what he called the need to review population growth in the country. “Facts and figures of last two Census reports and imbalances that have come to notice as a result are being widely discussed. Our present and future is getting impacted by same,” he said.
According to the recently released Census figures, the percentage of Muslims in the country’s population increased 0.8 percentage points between 2001 and 2011 to 17.22 crore or 14.23 percent of the total population. But this growth is slowing down — between 1991 and 2001, their share in the total population had increased by a bigger measure or 1.73 percentage points to 13.43 per cent.
“Whether current systems and resources would be adequate to provide employment and basic amenities to masses after 50 years? We need to rise above vote bank politics to formulate a holistic approach, equally applicable to all citizens, towards the population policy. Such a population policy cannot be enforced by our Governments or laws, all alone. Considerable efforts are required to tune society’s psyche to the same.”
RSS chief Bhagwat hails Ambedkar, calls for population control policy | The Indian Express
“Chhoti moti baatein idhar udhar hoti rahti hain. Uska bahut bada karke chitra bataya jata hai (Minor incidents take place here or there. These are exaggerated and presented in a big way),” he said, adding that “Chhote mote prasang hote hain, Hindu sanskriti nahi bigadti…it is our eternal culture — Hindu culture — that accepts and respects all forms of diversity and which precisely forms the nature and value system of every Bharatiya.” Bhagwat called for dialogue with communities for peaceful settlement of disputes over traditions. -
On the media, he said: “There is a view that media should be regulated while conserving their freedom to ensure that no ill effect, knowingly or unknowingly, prevails in the society.” Bhagwat also underlined what he called the need to review population growth in the country. “Facts and figures of last two Census reports and imbalances that have come to notice as a result are being widely discussed. Our present and future is getting impacted by same,” he said.
According to the recently released Census figures, the percentage of Muslims in the country’s population increased 0.8 percentage points between 2001 and 2011 to 17.22 crore or 14.23 percent of the total population. But this growth is slowing down — between 1991 and 2001, their share in the total population had increased by a bigger measure or 1.73 percentage points to 13.43 per cent.
“Whether current systems and resources would be adequate to provide employment and basic amenities to masses after 50 years? We need to rise above vote bank politics to formulate a holistic approach, equally applicable to all citizens, towards the population policy. Such a population policy cannot be enforced by our Governments or laws, all alone. Considerable efforts are required to tune society’s psyche to the same.”
RSS chief Bhagwat hails Ambedkar, calls for population control policy | The Indian Express
