No substitute for self-reliance: RSS chief on US tariffs

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday flagged the inadequacies of the prevalent global economic system, and pointed to thestifftariffs by the United States on goods from other countries among one of its ramifications.

- ARCHIS MOHAN

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat spoke on an array of issues, such as the alarming environmental degradation and the lessons from Operation Sindoor, during the Vijayadashami Utsav

He was addressing the annual Vijayadashmi rally of the RSS, which also marked the centenary of its inception, near the organisation’s headquarters in Nagpur.

Bhagwat said that while no country can survive in isolation in a world that is acutely interconnected and interdependent, India should pursue self-reliance to ensure that its interdependence with the world is out of choice and not compulsion.

Inthe context of the US tariffs, the RSS chief said there ‘was nosubstitute to embracing swadeshi, and swavalamban, orself-reliance.