{"id":2908,"date":"2026-02-18T03:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:17:47","slug":"128489785-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2908","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No threat but vigilance is necessary&#8217;: RSS chief renews &#8216;united Hindus&#8217; pitch, backs 3-child policy | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128489818,imgsize-742483,width-400,resizemode-4\/mohan-bhagwat.jpg\" alt=\"'No threat but vigilance is necessary': RSS chief renews 'united Hindus' pitch, backs 3-child policy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mohan-bhagwat\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mohan Bhagwat<\/a> on Tuesday reiterated that Hindu families should consider having at least three children.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Addressing a social-harmony meeting at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Lucknow, Bhagwat expressed concerns over what he described as a declining Hindu population and called for uniting and empowering the Hindu society.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;There is a need to unite and empower Hindus. There is no threat to us but vigilance is necessary,&#8221; Bhagwat said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Raising concerns over infiltration, Bhagwat said infiltrators should be &#8220;detected, deleted and deported&#8221;, and should not be provided employment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>He also said Hindu families should consider having at least three children, citing scientific opinions that societies with an average fertility rate of below three could disappear in the future.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Bhagwat said newly-married couples should be made aware of this and added that the purpose of marriage is to carry forward creation, not merely fulfilling one&#8217;s own desires.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>He said a lack of harmony leads to discrimination and stressed that all citizens share one country and one motherland.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>&#8220;The Sanatan thought is a philosophy of harmony,&#8221; Bhagwat said, adding that differences that have emerged over time must be addressed through understanding and practice.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Responding to a question on University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, Bhagwat said laws must be obeyed and if a law is flawed, there are constitutional ways to change it.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>He said caste divisions should not become a cause of conflict and called for uplifting the disadvantaged with a sense of belonging.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Bhagwat said India would guide the world in the near future and that solutions to many global problems lie within the country&#8217;s civilisational ethos.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>He said regular community-level meetings should promote social harmony, remove misconceptions and address social issues, while extending support to the weaker sections of the society.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>The RSS chief cautioned that some elements in the United States and China are working against India&#8217;s social harmony, and called for vigilance and mutual trust.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/no-threat-but-vigilance-is-necessary-rss-chief-renews-united-hindus-pitch-backs-3-child-policy\/articleshow\/128489785.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday reiterated that Hindu families should&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,8265,8262,719,720,721,3468,8263,8264,722],"class_list":["post-2908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-hindu-families","tag-hindu-population","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-mohan-bhagwat","tag-social-harmony","tag-three-child-policy","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}