New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said India needs to grow bigger than China in terms of power and scope.
Speaking at the RSS’s annual Vijayadasami rally, which this time was limited to an indoor event attended by 50 swayamsevaks (volunteers) due to Covid-19 guidelines, he said the world knows that country’s (China) expansionist designs.
Urging India to be militarily better prepared against China, he added: “China was shocked at Indias response to its intrusion. India needs to grow bigger in power and scope than China.”
“China encroached on our borders amid the pandemic,” Bhagwat said cited Taiwan and Vietnam as examples of the Chinese expansion plans.
He added: “We intend to be friendly with all. This is our nature. But mistaking our benevolence for weakness and attempts to disintegrate or weaken us by sheer brute force is unacceptable. Our detractors must know this by now.”