Overview
- Speaking at an ashram inauguration, Mohan Bhagwat urged people to spot and report foreigners they believe are in India illegally.
- He added that no Indian citizen should face discrimination during efforts to identify illegal immigrants.
- Bhagwat backed a three-child family norm and urged a rethink of population policy, citing doctors who he said recommend three children for family health.
- He called for an end to forced religious conversions and said people who wish to return to Hinduism should be welcomed without waiting for new laws.
- He praised ashrams as schools for discipline and cultural values and contrasted India’s approach with the US and China, a message that mirrors BJP–RSS themes in states where immigration is a live campaign issue such as Assam and West Bengal.