Overview
- At the inauguration of RSS‑affiliated Sanskrit Bharati's new central office, BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi pressed for a bigger national role for Sanskrit.
- He said India is not a “vishwaguru” right now and urged people to stop using the label while keeping it as an aspiration.
- Joshi called for making Sanskrit the country’s official language, noting that efforts during the Constitution’s drafting did not pass.
- He argued the language could support modern research, pointing to possible uses in quantum computing.
- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, speaking at the same event, described Sanskrit as a unifier that links India’s many languages.