Cultural Marxists, ‘woke’ people spoiling India’s culture, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday claimed that “cultural Marxists” and “woke” people were influencing the academia and the media to spoil India’s culture and education.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

During an annual event in Nagpur to mark the Hindu festival of Dussehra, Bhagwat described cultural Marxists and “wokes” as selfish, discriminatory and deceitful forces. While the term “woke” is often used to describe persons who are politically conscious and alert to social inequalities, in recent years, it has also been increasingly used in a sarcastic vein.

Bhagwat said that while some “forces wear the mask of some ideology or the other” claim to be working for “some lofty goals, their real objectives are something else”.

“These destructive, all-devouring forces call themselves cultural Marxists or woke, or the awakened ones,” Bhagwat said. “But they have forgotten Marx since the 1920s. They are opposed to all orderliness and morality, beneficence, culture, dignity and restraint in the world. In order for a handful of people to have complete control over the entire human race, they reward, promote and spread anarchy and indiscretion.”

He added, “Their modus operandi involves taking control of the media and academia, and plunging education, culture, politics and social environment...

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