Ram Madhav | India’s Vision for World Conservatism | NatCon 4

0:02 [Applause] friends I'm aware that some colleagues asked Dr honi why are we here and I must reveal something to you all some colleagues back home my colleagues asked me why am I there we all R in our misinformation and misconceptions let me take it up first why are we here firstly we are here because we have huge respect for Dr haji's Valiant

0:48 efforts in upholding the flag of conservative nationalism under most trying [Applause] circumstances secondly we are here to tell you that we share most of the ideas that you the N cons consider dear God religion tradition family patriotism nationalism and finally since yesterday we have been hearing about the struggle story of the conservatives in country after country from Hungary to Poland to UK to France

1:35 to USA 10 years ago had we attended a similar conference probably a similar sub story you would have heard from us too but today we came here to tell you about the success story of conservatism in India the story of the defeat of the left liberal Marxist radical islamist cabal in India friends first about this National conservatism India is a deeply religious

2:21 country conservatism is in its blood the Pew research foundations one survey suggested that almost all Indians 98% to be precise say that they believe in God roughly 80% in most religious groups say they are absolutely certain that God exists to borrow the phrase of John MTH weight India is quote unquote the right Nation similarly nationalism is also nothing new for us in India unlike in the west

3:08 there is no pedora meaning attached to that word in fact our entire independence movement against the British colonialism is dubbed as national movement interestingly India's main opposition party may not always stand for the values that we the ruling Party stand for they definitely don't call them as conservatives but they call themselves as Indian National Congress nationalism conservatism are not the other in India like in us and Europe India is National and India is

3:57 conservative friends that is why we prefer to call ourselves or distinguish ourselves as cultural nationalists as the name suggests we derive our national identity from our ancient culture some call us Hindu nationalists we don't mind that label as long as it is not misunderstood as religious nationalism it's not we stand not for theocracy but for theocracy in which the word Dharma

4:46 represents Universal values that ancient India stood for something like the Ten Commandments for the Christian world that yuram talked about yesterday in short cultural nationalism can be understood as the Indian equivalent of national conservatism friends like you all we to had to wage many battles against the left liberal ideology for decades after Independence in 19 47 in fact one of my colleagues Dr

5:33 swadesh Singh is sitting here he called that ideology as the nehruvian consensus a liberal socialist secular globalist ideology which dominated India's ruling Elite during the initial Decades of our independence championed by the first Indian prime minister javahar Neu our religiousity was at stake our cultural identity was at stake our national Unity was a stake due to that nehruvian socialist secular ideology but what we did was

6:19 unique we didn't try to take headon at the political level alone instead we built a strong Gra Roots popular conservative movement in India through Decades of hard work by organizations like the RSS a strong Grassroots movement of resistance to Liberal globalism was nurtured in our country and it took some some decades but when an appropriate movement came 10 years ago in 2014 that social conservatism nurtured for DEC on silently at the Grassroots was simply transformed into

7:05 political conservatism cultural nationalists are today not only a dominant social Force but also a dominant political force in India today led by Mr Narendra modi's government friends I'm not exaggerating uh when I say that a billion Indians stand up for this idea of cultural nationalism today a billion it's a big number even our political adversaries the congress party and others whom we in our Indian political Parliament we call them as secular nationalists we are cultural

7:51 nationalists they are secular nationalists even they cannot go against this popular sentiment of of cultural nationalism anymore let me give you a very recent example in January this year a massive Temple complex came up at aodha in North India marking restoration of India's cultural and civilizational Glory the old Temple at the birthplace of Hindu god Rah was destroyed by invading mugal in early 16th century like how millions of Jews earned for the restoration of the Temple on the mount in Jerusalem 1.4 billion Indians earned for centuries for the restoration of the

8:37 temple at aodha they too waged many battles and we succeeded in bringing that Temple back through a judicial process in 2019 and when its consecration happened prime minister Mr Modi was himself present that Temple construction represented a new conservative consensus in India and you know the main opposition party in India the leaders of the main opposition congress party in India their objection was not about whether it was secular or not but the objection was why Modi for consec consecration Why Not

9:25 Me friends that is new idea of India a quintessentially cultural patriotic and nationalist let me tell you this is not an exclusivist idea not against any religion nor any Community it is the reassertion of the conservative soul of our ancient Nation after we secured the absolute political mandate 10 years ago we used this conservative consensus to take back everything that the nean nehruvian Liberals took away from us several decades ago we ended socialist protectionism and promoted free market economy of course

10:12 in the last 20 years I'm not just saying 10 years from the 11th position a decade ago today India is catapulted into fifth or fourth largest economy in the world we reclaim named our universities and academic bodies we took back the media space and we recently launched a new education policy to rebuild our academic curriculum to teach conservative values to our future Generations something that most of you are worried about in your countries friends it's no longer fashionable to call oneself a liberal or

10:58 a socialist or a secular in India anymore it's no longer fashionable on the contrary it is cool to be a Hindu it is cool to be a Buddhist it's is cool to be a Jane it's cool to be a person of religion it's cool to be a conservative it is cool to wear your religion and culture on your sleeves without any fear of anybody criticizing you the left Liberals are cornered from all sides in our country to today they are in deep distress they once controlled prestigious institutions like javal Neu University for decades but today scrambling for a foothold in some corner of the country

11:44 if they don't find it they are all coming to your country they're coming to your universities they're coming to your media but please remember next time you find an article about India in one of these liberal media in your country the NY the vapos talking about authoritarianism oppressive atmosphere Democratic backsliding etc etc just laugh it off it is the wowing of these desperate left liberals don't try to look at India from that prism because they tell you that we are we are hitlerian we are fascists we are actually great admirers of the Jews and their National struggles but we are

12:31 portrayed as hitlerian and fascists to you but do you know that they portray you as racists white supremacists and Christian fundamentals to our people so don't take them on face value ladies and gentlemen on a serious note we may not fully appreciate the whole idea of liberal conservative this divide in India because we come from a totally different civilizational background but we share many ideas with you the natc cons yet there are bound to be a few differences uh for us in global South conservatism comes with the

13:18 baggage of colonialism and superiority complex the trauma of centuries of European colonization and the harsh treat Meed out to our religions our cultures and our Traditions is still fresh in the minds of our people secondly we are a religious country but we believe in freedom of religion India is a land of many religions at the root of Indian conservatism is the belief that all religions are valid paths to same eternal truth we do not abore religious diversity nor do we insist that everyone

14:05 should follow only one True Religion we actually celebrate diversity our understanding about religious freedom is a freedom to propagate one's religious beliefs but not a freedom to decry or demonize others thus while individual freedom of religion is sacran we consider instit ized activity of prism especially if it is pursued using Force fraud or allurements as alien to our world view at the same time we jealously uphold the right of every Hindu every Christian every Muslim and every Jew to practice his or her religion without any

14:53 fear finally we consider issues like climate challenge as real and we disapprove of their denial ladies and gentlemen these red lines not withstanding I'm standing here to express our solidarity with you in the battle for preserving your National identities religious in Traditions and social customs in the emerging New World Order the left Liberals are ahead of us in creating Global networks and alliances they captured institutions like media Academia and spawned Global NOS using those instruments they created a profoundly negative image about conservatism they attacking our national identities they're destroying our family

15:40 values they're ruining our social and cultural fabric they promoted unbridled illegal immigration in the name of multiculturalism destroying demographic and cultural balance in our societies demography is Destiny award August kti we realize this hard reality today as our streets are inundated with infiltrators and our social life became act actually acutely unsafe the left liberals took the human rights discourse to a dangerous level by promoting social promiscuity in the name of oism tearing individuals families and societies apart those who stand up to this mindless Min are subjected to a harsh

16:25 cancel culture ladies and gentlemen in India we checkmated these heteropolar forces we built stringent laws against illegal infiltrators we tightened the news around Terror outfits and their overground support mechanisms championed by liberal Elites in the name of Human Rights Etc we put strict strict regulations in place to prevent Global ngos from digressing from their assigned duties of Charity and playing Havoc with our social political institutions it's okay we are criticized we are demonized and we are desper by the global liberal Elites but we dismiss them with all the

17:11 power a billion Indians give to us friends we are here at this conference to tell you that that power of a billion Indians is ready to stand by our conservative colleagues from across us and Europe today let us build a strong Global movement for conservatism based on principles of pluralism inclusivity and respect for religious diversity where our religions feel respected societies feel secured and governments feel free to

17:56 pursue their National agendas towards building such a movement of global conservatism we a billion Indians can be with you we can be behind you and if you may wish so we can be in the Vanguard we can be in the Forefront droni thank you for this opportunity let me end by extending an invitation to you to come to India in 2025 we will be happy to host natcon 2025 in India thank you [Applause]

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