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Trimmed Video of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Goes Viral, Falsely Claims Body’s Stance Against Reservations

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A video posted on 14 May 2024 is gaining attention on X (formerly twitter) showing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat hinting at the internal agreement of the body against reservations in the country.

 

Screenshot of one of the posts spreading this video

 

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In this video, RSS chief is heard saying, “Sangh waale baahar se toh baat achi kahenge, andar jaake kehte hain aarakshan ka humara virodh hai. Baahar hum bol nahi sakte.”

(People from Sangh (RSS) will state good things outside, but internally they oppose the reservations. We cannot state this out in the public).

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The viral video is trimmed from a complete speech to change it’s context.

The ANI tag present in the viral posts led to the original video posted by ANI on 28 April 2024. The original video shows the entire statement given by Bhagwat. It shows that the viral video is trimmed to focus on a specific statement, highlighting it out of the original context.

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Abhi main yahaan aaya kal toh maine suna… ek video ghoom raha hai ki Sangh waale baahar se toh baat achi kahenge, andar jaake kehte hain aarakshan ka humara virodh hai. Baahar hum bol nahi sakte. Ab yeh ekdum asatya baat hai, galat baat hai. Jabse aarakshan aaya hai tabse samvidhaan sammat saare aarakshan ko Sangh poorna samarthan deta hai aur Sangh yeh kehta hai ki aarakshan jinke liye hai unko jabtak aavashyak lagega ya saamaajik karano se diya gaya hai woh bhedbhaav jabtak hai tabtak yeh aarakshan jaari rehna chahiye.”

(When I came here yesterday, I heard… that a video is circulating stating that people from Sangh (RSS) will state good things outside, but internally they oppose the reservations. We cannot state this out in the public. Now this entirely false. Since reservations have begun, Sangh gives complete support to constitutionally granted reservations and Sangh says that those who are eligible for reservations till the extent they require it or those given due to societal reasons of discriminations, until the time these are prevalent in the society, for such reasons the reservations must keep continuing).

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