RSS Centenary Celebrations 2025: Violent uprisings only lead to anarchy, says Mohan Bhagwat on Gen Z protests - Top quotes

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) formally began its special Vijayadashami celebrations at the Reshimbagh grounds in Nagpur on Thursday. Former President Ram Nath Kovind, who arrived in the city on Wednesday, attended the landmark ceremony as the chief guest.

Before the event, Kovind visited Deekshabhoomi, the historic site where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism in 1956. During the celebrations, he invoked the words of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar from their visits to RSS shakhas.

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"There is a need to dispel ill-founded misconceptions about the Sangh," Kovind said. He described the organisation as "a sacred, sprawling banyan tree that unites the people of Bharat, instilling pride while rejuvenating the nation's glory and progress."

Later, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat delivered his address, touching upon issues ranging from U.S. tariffs under Donald Trump to political upheavals in India's neighbourhood.

Here are the top quotes from Mohan Bhagwat's speech:

• There is no substitute to 'Swadeshi' and 'Swavalamban'. Interdependence should be out of choice and not compulsion, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• America has introduced a new tariff policy. Naturally, it serves its own interests, but its impact is being felt across the world. No nation can progress in isolation, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• A country advances through interdependence and diplomatic engagement. However, interdependence should never turn into compulsion. We must strive for self-reliance. Political, economic, and diplomatic relations should be built not out of necessity, but out of choice and mutual willingness, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• The world looks at India with hope, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• Violent uprisings only lead to anarchy, says Mohan Bhagwat on Gen Z protests.
• When leaders remain distant from the people, dissatisfaction grows, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• What is happening in Bangladesh and Nepal benefits no one, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• Dr Ambedkar said that change does not come through violent uprisings; such movements only create upheaval. He called it the 'grammar of anarchy,’ says Mohan Bhagwat.
• When progressive nations fail to achieve their goals through such chaos, the country's own strengths get sidelined, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• All these countries are our own. Until recently, they were part of India. They are our nations, not just our neighbors, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• The young generation has 'desh bhakti', says Mohan Bhagwat.
• The world looks at India with hope, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• India welcomes and accepts diversity, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• Diversity is our tradition... we embrace differences, says Mohan Bhagwat.
• The harmful consequences of the materialist and consumerist development model adopted worldwide-based on a compartmentalised approach-are evident everywhere in the form of irregular rainfall, landslides, and the drying up of glaciers, says Mohan Bhagwat.