RSS Chief Calls For ‘Swa-Nirbhar’ India, Says Will Have To Bow Before China If Dependence Increases

“We use the internet and technology a lot. Our country does not have the original technology. It comes from outside,” he added.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat (File Pic)

Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India will have to bow before China if dependence on Beijing increases.

“No matter how much we shout as a society about China and boycott Chinese items, but from where does everything that is in your mobiles come from? If the dependence on China increases, then (we) will have to bow before China,” Bhagwat said.

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“We use the internet and technology a lot. Our country does not have the original technology. It comes from outside,” he added.

Stating “swadeshi” means doing business on India’s terms, the RSS chief said “economic security is important” and added the adaptation of technology “should be based on our terms”.

“We have to be ‘swa-nirbhar’,” he said.

“Swadeshi does not mean ignoring everything else. International trade will remain, but on our terms,” PTI quoted Bhagwat as saying after hoisting the national flag at a school here on the 75th Independence Day.

“We have to be self-reliant for that…What we can manufacture at home should not be brought from the market,” he added.

Bhagwat said the economic vision should be to produce more and added competition should be for the best quality of produce.

“We are not against international trade and commerce but our production must be in villages. It should not be mass production but production by masses,” he said.

The RSS chief said a decentralised production will help the Indian economy to generate employment and self-employment opportunities.

Emphasizing the revenue generated should be distributed equitably Bhagwat said with more producers, more people will be self-reliant.

The RSS chief also had a word of caution for the government.

Bhagwat said the industries should get encouragement from the government, which should act as a regulator and not do business itself.

“The government will appeal and urge industries to manufacture what is important for the development of the country and formulate policies to encourage industries,” Bhagwat said.

“We don’t believe in complete nationalisation but it is also not true that the nation has nothing to do with industries. All these should function together as a family unit,” he added.

Advising the small industries to complement bigger industries, the RSS chief said the focus should be people-centric and not profit-centric.

“Considering the economic unit as a family will help the economy to be an employment generator,” he added.

The RSS chief further said the government’s job has to be to support and encourage industries and added the ruling dispensation should give directions to produce what is important for the country’s development.