'Those who fought for freedom were declared criminals': RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in Jaipur

The three-day Rashtriya Seva Sangam is being organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the third time in the country and for the first time in Rajasthan, Jaipur.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on the inauguration of the Sangam that the people of missionary society are doing the work of service along with running hospitals and schools all over the world.

"When we toured the country and saw what the saints were doing, we came to know that the saints are doing a better job than the missionaries," said Mohan.

He said that the volunteers have been doing service since the inception of the Sangh. Everyone has the mentality of service, it just has to be awakened. We are trying to make the society healthy through service today itself.

"Before that we have to be healthy. If someone is behind in our society then it is not a good thing for us. The society can move forward only by considering everyone as equal and like oneself. Weak people have to be given strength," Bhagwat further stated.

He said, "There are many nomadic people in our society who fought for the freedom of the country. They did not bow down, kept fighting for freedom. Foreign rulers declared them criminals. When the Sangh caught sight of them, they started serving there as well."