With praise for Bapu, RSS chief criticises recent stir

NEW DELHI: In what is seen as a veiled reference to the ongoing agitations against CAA and NRC, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday recalled that unlike Mahatma Gandhi who held himself responsible for the movements waged under his leadership and would not hesitate to make amends, nobody came forward if agitations in contemporary times took wrong turns and went berserk.
“If anything went wrong with agitations led by Gandhiji, he used to repent. It is not that he didn’t commit mistakes. However, he was fearless and used to make amends. There is none to regret if anything goes wrong in today’s agitations. If a situation emerges when there is threat to law and order situation, then none regrets. People are beaten, shot or arrested and they are made to suffer. But the sponsors of such agitations either win or lose,” Bhagwat said while releasing a book ‘Gandhi Ko Samajhney Ka Yahi Samay’ (It’s Time to Understand Gandhi), authored by former NCERT chairman J S Rajput.