Pranab Mukherjee shares his definition of nationalism at RSS event: Full text of ex-president's speech in Nagpur
Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday addressed the freshly graduating Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in Nagpur amid much controversy over his decision to attend the right-wing organisation’s event. Pranab summed up his speech by stating that the people of India should be at the centre of all activities, only then can a nation state be constructed where the feeling of nationalism flows naturally. If we take a quick look at history the emergence of the Indian State can be traced back to the sixteen Mahajanapadas mostly spread across Northern India in the 6th century BC. Starting with Shri Surendranath Banerjee in 1895 at Pune, all Congress Presidents gave a call for an Indian Nation comprising the territorial areas of British India and the territories of 565 princely states. When Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave voice to the phrase coined by Barrister Joseph Baptista “Swaraj is my Birthright and I shall have it”, he referred to Swaraj for the Indian People – encompassing various castes, creeds, and religions, spread across British India, and Princely States.
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