Published 18:27 IST, February 16th 2020

Divorce cases more in educated, affluent families: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the cases of divorce are found more in "educated and affluent" families nowadays as education and affluence brings arrogance along, which results in families falling apart.

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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said cases of divorce are found more in "educated and affluent" families wadays as education and affluence brings arrogance along, which results in families falling apart.

He also said that re is alternative to Hindu society in India. Bhagwat was addressing RSS workers here, who was present re along with ir family members. "wadays number of divorce cases have increased a lot. People fight over trifle issues.

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cases of divorce are more in educated and affluent families, because with education and affluence comes arrogance, as a result of which families fall apart. society also falls apart because society is also a family," Bhagwat was quoted as saying in a statement issued by RSS.

"We expect swayamsevaks to tell ir family members about ir activities in Sangh, because many times women members of family have to carry out more painful work than us to ensure that we can do what we do," he said. He said confining women to homes has resulted in condition of society that we see today. " condition of society is because of customs that have been practicing here for last 2,000 years. Women we have here were confined to homes. This was t case 2,000 years ago. That was golden of our society," Bhagwat said.

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"Hindu society should be virtuous and organised, and when we say society, it is t only men. A society is one which gets its identity due to its sense of belonging," he said. "I am a Hindu, I respect places of reverence associated with all faiths. But I am firm regarding my own place of reverence. I have got my sanskar from my family, and it is 'matru shakti' which teaches us so," he was quoted as saying in statement.

"re is society without a household, and women, who comprise half of society, should become more enlightened. But if we do t care about our society, n neir we will survive, r our family," he said. "India has option or than a Hindu society and Hindu society has option but to behave like a family," RSS chief said.

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18:27 IST, February 16th 2020