RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat warns evil forces seeking regime change cannot derail India

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has warned that foreign and domestic forces trying to orchestrate a regime change in India will fail, asserting that national progress and institutional stability cannot be derailed by engineered agitations.

Addressing the annual RSS Vijayadashami Utsav in Nagpur on Tuesday, marking the organisation's 101st foundation day and the culmination of its centenary year, Bhagwat cautioned that hostile external elements are targeting India precisely because of its rapid advancement and decisive governance.

What Mohan Bhagwat said on regime change and unrest

Bhagwat pointed to recent geopolitical convulsions in Bangladesh, Nepal and France, describing a destructive cultural current sweeping across the world.

"There is a storm coming in from the West which hates culture, systems and the security," Bhagwat said. He stressed that believing circumstances improve through forced political upheaval is a dangerous illusion: "They say situation will change with regime change, but this has never happened in the past and will not happen again."

Turning to domestic friction, including street demonstrations in Delhi targeting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Bhagwat warned against protests designed to breed public disorder. When demonstrations become political or instigated, he said, they produce bitterness rather than answers. He maintained that durable solutions come from within society and must remain strictly within the boundaries of the Constitution, the law and civic decorum.

India's global stature and national self-awareness

Bhagwat framed India's steady rise as an anchor for a fractured global order, arguing that while other countries flounder under environmental degradation, economic insecurity and destructive power rivalries, India holds the civilisational blueprint for stability.

He anchored this resilience in svabodh, or national self-awareness, which he said is embedded in the opening words of the Constitution's Preamble: "We, the people of India."

Centuries of foreign rule occurred only when past divisions weakened the country, Bhagwat observed, calling on citizens to cherish India's vast diversity across languages, faiths, castes and regions as an intrinsic strength rather than a fault line.

Centenary outreach figures and social priorities

During its centenary year, the RSS mounted an extensive nationwide campaign to deepen civic engagement and social harmony, reporting direct contact across rural and urban India.

Alongside mass outreach, Bhagwat urged collective action on emerging domestic hazards, pressing authorities to regulate unregulated over-the-top streaming platforms and demanding stricter measures to counter rising narcotics addiction among young people.

Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar attended the gathering as chief guest, following the traditional shastra puja performed at the Sangh headquarters earlier in the morning.