Bringing marginalised sections into mainstream necessary for country to become ‘Vishwaguru’: Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that to make the country a ‘Vishwaguru’ in a true sense, it is necessary to bring marginalised people into the mainstream.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating three sports grounds in a Pardhi community residential school in Khamgaon in Maharashtra’s Buldhana, he said the community we call de-notified or ‘bhatke-vimukt’ today used to be knowledge-giving.

They went out to share their knowledge selflessly, but over time they became marginalised. During the British era, because they participated in the freedom struggle, the entire Pardhi community was branded as a criminal tribe, which caused them to fall far behind in development, he said.

Bhagwat added that Indian society was once fully organised, but it was enslaved by foreign invaders, leading to its fragmentation.

“As a result, the number of marginalised groups in society increased. Even so, these communities never accepted subjugation; they continued to struggle for freedom,” the RSS chief said, adding that the Sangh has been working for years for the development of the Pardhi community.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve was present at the event.