RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Calls For Alliance Of Countries Against ‘Expansionist’ China

By OB Bureau On Oct 25, 2020

New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India needed to be militarily better prepared against China.

Speaking at Vijay Dashami function of RSS, Bhagwat called upon the government to forge an alliance against ‘expansionist’ China with immediate neighbours like Nepal, Sri Lanka and others.

Referring to the border tension between the two countries that led to violent flare-up earlier in the Galwan Valley, he said though India’s defence forces, government and people responded sharply to China’s efforts to invade, the country needed to remain cautious.

“It (China) didn’t expect this (response). So we don’t know how it will react. So what is the way forward? It is alertness and preparedness. We need to be more powerful than China in military preparedness, economic conditions, international relations and relation with neighboring nations,” a news agency quoted Bhagwat as saying.

“We intend to be friendly with all. This is our nature. But mistaking our benevolence for weakness and attempts to disintegrate or weaken us by sheer brute force is unacceptable. Our reckless detractors should know this by now,” Bhagwat said.