RSS领导人说,印度是一个因文化和历史而成的印度民族,不需要宪法证明。
RSS leader says India is a Hindu nation by culture and history, not needing constitutional proof.
RSS总长Mohan Bhagwat指出, 印度因文化和历史真相而是一个印度教国家,
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat stated India is a Hindu nation by cultural and historical truth, asserting this identity doesn’t require constitutional validation, comparing it to the sun rising in the east.
他在一次加尔各答百周年活动上发言时说,只要人们重视祖传遗产,印度印度印度教的特征就会持续下去,拒绝将出生的种姓制度作为印度教的一部分,并反对修改宪法来确认这一点的必要性。
Speaking at a Kolkata centenary event, he said India’s Hindu identity endures as long as people value ancestral heritage, rejected birth-based caste systems as part of Hindutva, and dismissed the need for constitutional changes to affirm this.
他否认简易新闻聚合(RSS)是反穆斯林的,敦促公众访问其组织,消除误解,并强调该组织的民族主义立场,对其他社区没有敌意。
He denied the RSS is anti-Muslim, urging public visits to its shakhas to dispel misconceptions, and emphasized the organization’s nationalist stance without hostility toward other communities.
这番话发表之际,印度的世俗身份辩论仍在持续,包括1976年宪法序言中加入“世俗”一词。
The remarks come amid ongoing debates over India’s secular identity, including the 1976 addition of 'secular' to the Constitution’s preamble.