Take stern action against those advocating separatism: Bhagwat

The society will not tolerate any compromise with the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday and demanded stern action against those advocating separatism and doing Pakistan’s bidding.

“The society will not tolerate any compromise with the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country. It is need of the hour to take stern action as per law against those who advocate separatism and work at the behest of their masters sitting across the border, Bhagwat told RSS workers here.

Bhagwat said people of Jammu and Kashmir have faced hardship to safeguard the integrity of the country.

“You have faced those hardships for the country, the situation has to be resolved. If the situation has not been resolved for so long, then it can have two reasons. Either we have no courage to resolve the situation or there is some shortfall in our efforts to resolve the problem,” he said.

The RSS chief said, in a democracy, society is the most powerful entity which has the power to elect its representatives.

“Whatever the society wants the government has to work that way. This is the rule in democracy,” he said, adding in India the rule of the law is supreme and everyone has to follow it. 

“It is a huge country with so many states but it is still one country. The government will work for the emotional unity of the country which was the basis on which Constitution was written. The sovereignty, unity and integrity of the nation are paramount, he said.