Toronto: Amid tight security, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Canada on Sunday and addressed a large gathering in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), extolling the virtue of “unity in diversity”.
Those measures came about as multiple groups, headed by two MPs from the New Democratic Party, had called on the Canadian government to bar his entry into the country. Obviously, Ottawa did not oblige. Joining Bhagwat on the stage were the former Premier of Alberta, and former Canadian Cabinet Minister, Jason Kenney, and Kashmir Singh Dhaliwal, representing the Vancouver-headquartered Khalsa Diwan Society, which manages the country’s historic Ross Street gurdwara. Bhagwat’s speech was largely centred around the philosophy of Vasudeva kutumbakam, or the world is one family. He placed the gradual emergence of India on the global stage in that context. He went on to say that India is home to Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis. They are now Bharatiya citizens. Muslims are there, Christians are there. Parsis are there.
Because it is an expression of unity, it beautifies it, is the decoration, we celebrate it, expanding on the theme, he said, “We have to serve, accept, respect this diversity. Because many migrated from Israel, jews are there in small numbers.
He said that the “rise of Bharat means more united, more emancipated humanity”. “Bharat never says no whenever there is a crisis in the world. Helping others is in our tradition, our DNA,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: After unity pitch in US, RSS chief praises India’s asylum policy in Canada: ‘Came as aggressors, but still thrive’ Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat , who was in Toronto for an event of the Hindu community, said India has always offered asylum to outsiders, even after they came as “aggressors”. The RSS ideologue said Hindus respect and accept all religions and that’s why even those who came as aggressors “thrive” today. Many people come to Bharat for asylum,” said Bhagwat. Earlier reporting noted: The RSS leader said if someone was persecuted anywhere in the world, the person was given asylum by India.
Earlier reporting noted: “Many came to Bharat from outside as aggressors, but they still thrive there, with all their specialties intact.
