The RSS chief’s comments came in response to a statement made by Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Swami Ravindra Puri (of Mahanirvani Akhara), who had said, “Astrological predictions suggest that we will realise the dream of ‘Akhand Bharat’ in the next 20-25 years.” Mohan Bhagwat said he agreed with Puri’s assessment.
Mohan Bhagwat added that philosophers like Sri Aurobindo had said that “India will rise as it is the wish of Vasudeva (Lord Krishna).” “I have always had full faith in what Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo said about India. This I did on the basis of my own calculations and not on the basis of astrology. However, what Swami Ravindra Puri said about India, I can say with full faith, will certainly happen as he has said,” he said.
“The speed at which we are moving towards our goal may take 25-30 years to achieve. But if we work together and accelerate the present speed, the time may be halved,” he said.
He further said: “We should remember Shri Krishna’s words in the Gita in which he talks about protection of the good. We should also not forget that the wicked have to be destroyed. India has welcomed in its fold all sorts of people from across the world. The good are to be assimilated, the less good are to be corrected, but the wicked must be rejected,” he said.
