Western forces trying to destabilise India, ‘regime change won’t happen’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

‘They claim that changing a regime will change the situation, but that has never really happened,’ Bhagwat said.

Western forces trying to destabilise India, ‘regime change won’t happen’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said that “demonic forces” from the West were trying to “destabilise India”, but asserted that “regime change will not happen” in the country.

The RSS is the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

“A storm has swept in from the West to destroy all that is decent, auspicious, and rooted in cultural and human values,” Bhagwat said. “Even the developed nations are afflicted by this storm.”

His comments came against the backdrop of nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in conducting the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Speaking at the Hindutva organisation’s annual Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, event in Nagpur, Bhagwat referred to protests in France over demands for better education, demonstrations against corruption in Albania, and violent unrest in Bangladesh in 2024 and Nepal in 2025.

The protests in Bangladesh led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, while youth-led demonstrations in Nepal in September 2025, triggered by a government ban on social media platforms and fuelled by wider anger over corruption and nepotism, led to the fall of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s government.

Bhagwat claimed that a stronger India would threaten the dominance of some global powers, making the country a...

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