Addressing the annual Vijayadashami gathering in Nagpur, Bhagwat said forces pursuing their own interests use regime change as a means to alter political circumstances, rarely achieving intended results
TBS Report
20 October, 2026, 11:35 am
Last modified: 20 October, 2026, 11:41 am
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today said regime-change agitations do not necessarily resolve fundamental problems and cited recent events in Bangladesh, Nepal, France and Albania.
Addressing the annual Vijayadashami gathering in Nagpur, Bhagwat said forces pursuing their own interests use regime change as a means to alter political circumstances, rarely achieving intended results.
"They claim that changing a regime will change the situation but that has never really happened," he said, adding regime change cannot deliver solutions.
"Look at what happened in France or Albania or Nepal or Bangladesh. They say changing the regime will change the situation. But that has never happened anywhere," the RSS chief said.
"This storm has risen from the West, which is against every form of systemic conduct," he added.
Bhagwat's remarks come amid mounting street protests by India's main opposition parties led by Congress and pressure group Cockroach Janta Party over alleged manipulations in voters' lists through Special Intensive Revision.
RSS is the ideological fountainhead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been in power for over 12 years.
Bhagwat claimed that a stronger India would constrain such forces, making the country a target of attempts to weaken and divide it.
Bhagwat said movements demanding regime change had not necessarily improved conditions. He alleged that forces driven by narrow interests were trying to maintain their influence across countries.