If the RSS had not conducted ‘Gharwapsi’, tribals would have turned anti-National : H.H. Sarsanghchalak (Dr) Bhagwat, quoting Ex-President Pranab Mukherjee

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – “While serving as the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee had praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) ‘Gharwapsi’ initiative and said that if not for this programme, some tribal communities could have turned anti-National.” This revelation was made by H.H. Sarsanghchalak (Dr) Mohanji Bhagwat during the Devi Ahilyabai Award distribution ceremony.

H.H. Sarsanghchalak (Dr) Mohanji Bhagwat added, “When I met Pranab Mukherjee for the first time, there was an uproar in Parliament over the ‘Gharwapsi’ programme. Mukherjee asked me, “What happens to tribals who convert ?” I replied, “They become Christians”. To this, Mukherjee responded, “No, they turn anti-National. It is good that 30% of the tribal community has returned to its roots due to the ‘Gharwapsi’ programme”. When conversions happen through coercion or allurements, their purpose is not spiritual progress, but rather, to uproot people from their origins he said.