Dharma and Rashtra Inseparable, says RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said dharma and rashtra are inseparable in India and asserted that the country's vast knowledge tradition has a role to play in addressing the challenges confronting the world.

Addressing the 14th conference of the All India Vihar Seva group, a Jain youth service organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief said the world was grappling with contradictions between development and environmental protection, individual freedom and family life, and religious faith and



conflict.

Bhagwat also said the conflicts and dilemmas in the world could not be resolved by choosing one side at the cost of another. "As development increases, the environment gets damaged. And where the environment has to be protected, development cannot take place. As individual freedom increases, families are breaking apart. 

There is a breakdown in society," he said. Bhagwat said India had a historical tradition of sharing its knowledge without conquering other countries or converting people. "The world knows that the path will come from India," he said.