On Sant Ravidas Jayanti, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat attended an event. He made a speech pointing out the fallacy of the caste system, which did not appeal to certain groups. According to the ANI, Mohan Bhagwat blamed Brahmins for prevailing the caste system in Hinduism. However, the tweet was later removed.
Beside ANI, the afore mentioned claim was also made by ABP News and Dainik Bhaskar on their respective twitter accounts.
Moreover, The Mooknayak who thrives on by spreading fake news against the upper caste also claimed that RSS chief has said, “Caste is not created by god, but pandits.” The tweet has received 13k likes and 2.4k retweets so far.
Another propaganda portal, Tribal Army, wrote RSS agrees with the statement of Mohan Bhagwat but they won’t come forward to eradicate the caste system.
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Fact Check
We started our research by searching for Mohan Bhagwat’s speech on Sant Ravidas Jayanti on YouTube. We got access to his full speech in Marathi on the ABP Majha YouTube channel.
From 12:46 sec, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat says “Truth is God, he’s omnipresent. Whatever the name, ability & honor same; no differences. What some pandits say on basis of Shastras is lie. We’re misled by caste superiority illusion. Illusion has to be set aside.”
Moreover, Mohan Bhagwat did not mention the Brahmin caste; rather, he meant “scholars” or “experts.” Also, Pandits/Pundits is a globalized word, and it is extensively used by westerners as well. According to the Oxford Pundit, a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and often talks about it in public.
Besides, there is a book published by Dan Nimmo titled ‘The Political Pundit’ while Sky Sports refers to their match analysts as Football Pundits. And, it simply means scholar and has no connection with any caste group.
Also after 12 hours, ANI corrected their tweet with an exact transcript of Mohan Bhagwat’s speech, unlike other media portals.
Further, we found RSS’s all-India publicity head, Sunil Ambekar, clarifies Mohan Bhagwat’s statement. According to Ambekar, the RSS chief was saying, “God resides in all living beings. No one is high or low. On the basis of scriptures, scholars talk about caste-based highs and lows—they are lies.”
So, it’s clear that Mohan Bhagwant wasn’t blaming any caste group, and he sees everyone as equal. Moreover, his statement is about uniting the Hindu community. Some sections of the media lost the context due to bad translation.
| Claim | Mohan Bhagwat blamed Brahmins for caste problems |
| Claimed by | ANI, ABP, Dainik Bhaskar, The Mooknayak and Tribal Army |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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