RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat calls Ram Temple consecration 'true independence of Bharat'

“After India got political independence from the British on August 15, 1947, a written Constitution was made according to the path shown by that specific vision, which comes out of the 'self' of the country, but the document was not run according to the spirit of the vision at that time,” Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday.

The RSS chief said the date should be celebrated as "Pratishtha Dwadashi" as the true independence of Bharat, which had faced “parachakra” (enemy attack) for several centuries, was established on this day.

Mohan Bhagwat was speaking after presenting the ‘National Devi Ahilya Award’ to Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth KshetraShri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth KshetraShri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, in Indore.