New Delhi: The All India Imam Organisation called the chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mohan Bhagawat as rashtra pita’ after former visited a mosque and a madrasa in New Delhi.
His visit aims at expediting RSS mass outreach programme. Bhagawat held discussions with the chief of the All India Imam Organisation.
This rthe first time that sangha chief visited Madrasa, RSS official said.
All India Imam Organisation chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi used the rashtra pita’ descriptive for Bhagwat while talking to children at the madrassa. However, Bhagwat intervened to say there is only one father of the nation and said everyone is Bharat ki santan’ (child of the nation), according to the RSS official.
He said the RSS chief also spoke to the children about the need to know more about the nation and stressed that while the modes of worship could be different, all religions must be respected.
Ilyasi and Bhagwat held talks for about an hour at the mosque, which also houses the office of the All India Imam Organisation and the cleric’s residence.
“He is a rashtra pita’. We discussed several issues for for strengthening the country,” Ilyasi told PTI, adding that Bhagwat had visited the mosque as well as madrassa on his invitation.