RSS should continue to focus on nation-building for next 100 years, says former Congress MP Karan Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the 100-year journey of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as an extraordinary example of sacrifice, selfless service, nation-building, and discipline, as he released a special postage stamp and coin to commemorate the centenary.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the RSS centenary celebrations. (PTI)

“Since its founding, RSS has focused on nation-building,” said Modi. He added that RSS works in different sections of society, but there are never contradictions among them, as they work on the principle of the nation first. “RSS believes in ‘One India, Great India’, and yet post-Independence, attempts were made to prevent it from joining the national mainstream,” said Modi as celebrations of the RSS’s 100th anniversary kicked off on Wednesday.

Modi, a former full-time RSS volunteer, said unity in diversity has always been the soul of India, and if this principle is broken, then India will weaken.