Violent protests such as the ones that took place in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent years do not result in positive change, instead they create space for foreign interference, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday.

In his annual Vijayadashami address at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, Bhagwat said that the history of political revolutions shows that they rarely achieve their objectives.

“Sometimes, when the government stays aloof from the people and is not sensitive to their concerns, there is discontent,” Bhagwat said. “But if discontent is expressed in such a manner, it does not benefit anyone.”

Referring to BR Ambedkar’s last speech in the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, the RSS chief said: “In that speech, Ambedkar had called such agitations, which lead to so much violence and destruction, as the ‘grammar of anarchy’.”

Bhagwat said that social change comes through democratic means, not violent measures.

The RSS chief said that unrest in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is a matter of concern for India. “This is not just because they are our neighbours,” he said. “It is because they are our own people, and we have long-standing cultural ties with them.”

RSS is the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

‘Pahalgam attack showed who our friends are’

Bhagwat said that the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam showed “who are India’s true friends”.

“The sequence of events showed that even though we may behave in the spirit of friendship with everyone, we must remain vigilant in matters of our security,” Bhagwat said. “The role played by various nations after this incident and our operation revealed who are our real friends, and to what extent they are our friends.”

He claimed that even within India, there are “unconstitutional elements who try to destabilise the country”.

“The government acted strongly against extremist, Naxal elements and through this experience, the hollowness of their ideology became apparent and the society at large drifted away from them,” he added.

The terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 dead, and sparked a four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May. In the aftermath of the attack, Kashmiri students in several other parts of the country faced intimidation and threats, while online abuse against Muslims spiked.

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