Hindus should be united and strong, being weak is a crime: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Speaking at the Dussehra event, Bhagwat said Hindus should eliminate their individual differences and stay united.

"It's a crime to remain weak. If we remain weak and united, it means we are inviting torture. So we have to remain united and strong. We don't have to develop enmity or be violent," the RSS chief said.

Giving a call to remain strong, Bhagwat said, "It is the job of the administration to control and punish the culprits. But until they arrive, the society has to protect itself. The Hindu society must know that strength and consolidation is the antidote to tyranny. We need to contribute positively but also be strong."

"If leaders of different castes or communities sit together & think about two issues regularly, then divisive forces will not be successful. What can the groups do together for the benefit of the country? What can we all do together to uplift weaker sections?"

Mohan Bhagwat on RG Kar rape-murder case

"The whole society stood with the doctors protesting and demanding prompt and sensitive action. But even after such a heinous crime, the despicable efforts made by some people to protect the criminals show how the nexus of crime, politics and poisonous culture is ruining us."

Mohan Bhagwat on Bangladesh situation

Mohan Bhagwat said, "Recently, the violent coup that took place in Bangladesh has the immediate and local reasons which are just one dimension of those events. The practice of unprovoked brutal atrocities on the Hindu community residing there was repeated. This time, in protest against those atrocities, the Hindu community there got organised and came out of their homes to defend themselves, hence some defence could be ensured."

"But as long as this tyrannical fundamentalist nature exists there, the sword of danger will hang over the heads of all the minority communities including the Hindus. That is why the illegal infiltration from Bangladesh into Bharat and the population imbalance caused by it has become a matter of serious concern even among the common people," he added.