Prime Minister Narendra Modi spreads the values of RSS in his own unique ways and is the best representative of the organisation, RSS Secretary General Dattatreya Hosabale said.
In an interview with PTI, Hosabale said the RSS has laid out five focus areas over the next 25 years which include working for social harmony and cohesion, creating self-awareness and doing away with colonial mentality, inculcating civic sense, promoting family values and pursuing sustainable development models.
“He (Prime Minister Modi) does these things in his own unique ways, all of them. He may not say the same words. For example, he said Ek Ped Maa ke Naam. We said, plant a tree,” Hosabale said.
The RSS leader said that many government programs reflect the views of the RSS.
“Many government programs reflect the values espoused by the RSS,” Hosabale said, citing the ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’ initiative and the five solutions (Panch Pran) outlined by the Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech in 2022.
“So, being a swayamsevak, he naturally possesses these things,” the RSS leader said.
Hosabale noted that while issuing the postage stamp and commemorative coin on the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Republic of South Sudan, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of the future path charted by the Sangh.
“He is an elected prime minister in a democratic country, but he knows very well what his cultural roots are and what this organization stands for. He knows very well. He is the best actor,” Hosabale said.
He said that when the BJP was formed in 1980, its founders wanted to retain the umbilical cord with the RSS.
“They wanted to retain RSS ties. This was the main reason for forming the political party, and exiting the Janata Party. This way, this umbilical cord relationship cannot be disturbed,” Hosabale said.
