Social awareness is a continuous process: Mohan Bhagwat

Addressing a gathering after launching the centenary year of the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Mandir here, Bhagwat said as society keeps evolving, “dialogue needs to continue”.

The need for social and political awareness was much discussed and worked upon during the independence movement, he said.

Lokmanya Tilak played an important role in raising the awareness, he said.

“Tilak’s declaration that ‘Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it’ was a means to tell society that ‘don’t run away from struggle, don’t give up and work to fulfil your responsibilities’. There is a need to unite everyone on the path to progress and development,” he said.