Understand great men and their thoughts for nation building – Dr. Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohanrao Bhagwat underlined the need to study and understand the concepts and ideas of each and every great son of Bharat in order to translate their ideas of national reconstruction. He was addressing the gathering of elites after releasing four books penned by noted economist, former member of Planning Commission and former Vice-Chancellor of Pune University Dr. Narendra Jadhav in New Delhi’s Chinmay Mission on 13th August. The books contain Dr. Bhimrao Babasaheb Ambedkar’s thoughts, speeches and views.
The RSS Chief observed that in the present era we have classified our national heroes into various narrow compartments and confined them to particular communities only thus blocking their universal thoughts on national reconstruction. They were born in this holy land and as such they belonged to each and everyone, he said calling for a radical change in our approach towards these great men. Why one should oppose the coming together of two different thought processes in the national interest, he asked.
Dr. Bhagwat further said that Dr. Ambedkar presented an example for the countrymen to follow and implement for development of our country. His personality, dedication, selfless attitude and urge to redress people’s grievances inspire us to work for the society. Recalling the old association of Dr. Ambedkar with RSS, Dr. Bhagwat added that when he had visited a training camp of RSS in 1939 in Pune, the RSS founder Dr. Hedgewar had arranged his lecture on Dalit problem and emancipation of Dalits for the swayamsevaks.
Sarsanghchalak Ji said that we have to move forward taking the entire society along and by removing disparity and discrimination of every kind from the society. And for this, we need to understand the thoughts of Dr. Ambedkar. We need to bring in harmony in political, social and economic fields and for that we need to develop a style of meaningful dialogue inspite of our differences.
Editor and compiler of the books Dr. Narendra Jadhav said that he was not associated with any political party or ideology, but he was an Ambedkarite and would remain so. Dr. Ambedkar has been a source of inspiration for him. He said that the Indian society has not understood Dr. Ambedkar properly. He was not the leader of Dalits only, but he represented the Indian society as a whole. He spent his life in creating a new awareness in the Indian society. He was the first trained economist of India. Dr. Jadhav expressed satisfaction over the RSS Chief releasing his books. He confessed that some of his friends have taken objection to Dr. Bhagwat releasing these books, they are criticising him on social media too. Some of them have even predicted that he would join the BJP. The four books on Dr. Ambedkar were published by Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi.
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