Opinion | Patience, Discipline And Goodwill: Sangh’s Answer To A Restless Century

As the centenary year of RSS closes, the Sarsanghchalak addresses social media, drugs, agitations and the campaign against the Sangh, and sets out where the organisation goes next

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the Sangh’s foundation day on Vijayadashami with a post on X: “Today, on the special occasion of RSS Sthapana Divas, my greetings to all Swayamsevaks. I also pay homage to all those greats who have nurtured the RSS over the years. The RSS has completed a remarkable century of service, nation-building and social harmony. Countless Swayamsevaks have worked for society with a deep sense of duty and a nation-first spirit. May this spirit keep strengthening national development in the times to come."

The prime minister, himself a former pracharak, has never hidden what the Sangh means to him. In March 2025, on the Lex Fridman podcast, he spoke of the Sangh as the organisation that gave him a life of purpose. On August 15, 2025, he spoke about its hundred years from the ramparts of the Red Fort, calling it in a way the world’s biggest NGO. On October 1, 2025, he released a commemorative postage stamp and a Rs 100 coin to mark the centenary. The thread has been unbroken.

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Meanwhile, the RSS’ message, reflected in Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech in Nagpur, lands at a charged moment. The Western world is in turmoil, with riots on its streets driven by Left-Islamist alliances and a misguided youth. India saw a glimpse of that........

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