Those calling for toppling Prime Minister Narendra Modi are powered by forces that want India to lose, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

The ideological parent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed talk of regime change in the country in the wake of protests in Europe as a deliberate ploy by Western forces.

Citing recent political upheavals in neighboring Bangladesh and Nepal and the raging protests in France and Albania, the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, said on Tuesday that such movements were fueled by forces pursuing vested interests inimical to the interests of the country.

“There are many powers in the world that want India to lose,” he said.

RSS, the world’s largest voluntary and Hindu nationalist organization, has between an estimated 4-6 million members across India.

“A storm has blown in from the West,” Bhagwat added. “India is their main target because India is progressing.…