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Bhagwat Says Gen Z Protests Are Not Anti-National
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Gen Z protesters are not anti-national and that their grievances should be heard through dialogue. Speaking to more than 2,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha students at…
The Story in Brief
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Gen Z protesters are not anti-national and that their grievances should be heard through dialogue. Speaking to more than 2,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha students at an IIMUN event in Mumbai, he called protest a democratic tool for correcting systems, provided it does not divide society or target individuals. Bhagwat backed a six per cent education budget and said education should not be treated as a commercial business. He declined to comment on alleged police excesses against students, saying he lacked detailed information.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticised the outreach, accusing the RSS and BJP of changing their vocabulary without changing their ideology. The Times of India also reports that Bhagwat favoured fewer social media bans, long-term engagement with Pakistan and a legal framework for same-sex relationships without changing marriage law.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy reading is that Bhagwat’s remarks either prove a complete ideological change or are simply a public-relations trick. Neither conclusion is established here. He accepted protest as legitimate, but set limits on its purpose, and he did not excuse alleged police action. Kharge’s criticism is political commentary, not evidence of what the outreach will achieve. The useful test is concrete: will education spending reach six per cent, and will authorities answer the students’ grievances?
Sources (3): telanganatoday.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com, indiatoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
