Perhaps Bhagwat’s strongest statements were made on the subject of internal security. He lashed out against those who “sow and grow the seeds of doubt, detachment, imprudence, rebellion, hatred and violence in the weaker sections of the society that are severely affected due to the deprivation, injustice and negligence” in order to use them as “cannon fodder for anti-national activities”.

Critics might argue that this is exactly what the RSS’s propaganda is aimed at, but Bhagwat’s barbs were directed at “the selfish power hungry politics with sheer disrespect for the social harmony, legal and Constitutional discipline and with an eye on votes in the upcoming elections” that has been making “continuous efforts for the last four years” to destabilize the government and the country. He described these forces as the “neo-left”.

He also endorsed the term “urban naxals” that originated in the netherverse of social media, describing them as thought leaders who stay “within the social order and civic discipline”, are “established in social and other media, intellectual circles and other institutions”, and defend ‘anti-national’ activities “through intellectual and other methods, through delusory public campaigns related to agitations, while keeping a safe distance and maintaining their so-called eminent positions.”