Anybody living in India is Hindu: RSS

Agartala, December 17 

Anybody living in India is a Hindu, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said today, asserting that the meaning of Hindutva is to unite all communities.

Hindutva is different from Hinduism, he told a public function at the Swami Vivekananda Maidan in the heart of Tripura’s capital.

“The Muslims in India are also Hindus,” the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak said.

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Bhagwat, who is on a five-day tour of Tripura since Friday to review the organisational work of the RSS in the north-eastern region, said, “We have no enmity with anyone. We want welfare of all. To unite all is the meaning of Hindutva.” Maintaining that India is a land of Hindus, he said “tortured” Hindus from across the world come to the country and get shelter. 

The Left Front-ruled Tripura is scheduled to go to polls early next year. — PTI