Youth Must Be Told to Chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: RSS Chief

With indirect reference to JNU controversy, Mohan Bhagwat highlights a need to tell youth to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo: PTI)

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India in a comment that came against the backdrop of the row over alleged anti-India sloganeering on the JNU campus.

Now the time has come when we have to tell the new generation to chant `<i>Bharat Mata Ki Jai</i>’ (hail mother India). It should be real, spontaneous and part of all-round development of the youth.

<b>Mohan Bhagwat, RSS Chief</b>

Bhagwat, without making any direct reference to the JNU controversy, said this was necessary as “some forces” were telling the youth not to say “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.

The Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) hit the headlines in early February when a group of students allegedly raised anti-India slogans during an event organised on the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru. Police later filed a sedition case in which three students, including the JNU Students’ Union President, Kanhaiya Kumar, were arrested.

Bhagwat was speaking at RSS headquarters in Reshimbagh during an award-giving function. On the occasion, the RSS chief presented “Matrashakti” award to social activist, Sindhutai Sapkal.