Several demands for surveys of mosques to unearth temples have found their way to courts in the recent past, though Bhagwat did not mention any by name in his lecture.Some groups that came from outside brought with them staunchness and they want their old rule to return, he said.But now the country runs as per the Constitution. In this setup, people choose their representatives, who run the government. The days of hegemony are gone, he asserted.He said the rule of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was characterised by such staunchness, though his descendant Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857 banned cow slaughter.It was decided that Ram Mandir in Ayodhya should be given to Hindus but the British sensed it and created a rift between the two communities. Since then, this sense of algavwad’ (separatism) came into being. As a result, Pakistan came into existence, he said.Bhagwat asked why the language of dominance was being used if everybody identifies themselves as Indians.Who is a minority and who is a majority? Everyone is equal here. The tradition of this nation is all can follow their own forms of worship. The only requirement is to live in harmony and abide by rules and laws, the RSS chief asserted.
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