Amid Donald Trump's tariff war on Indian goods, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday that adopting swadeshi goods and embracing self-reliance are the only ways forward.

Delivering his Vijayadashami address from the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, Bhagwat said that in an interconnected world, India's dependence on trading partners should not turn into helplessness and that the country must focus on indigenous production.

He said that being aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) will only allow India to "act according to our own will". "There is no substitute for swadeshi and swavalamban," he added.

"The world functions on interdependence. No nation can live in isolation. This interdependence should not be turned into compulsion. We must move towards swadeshi and self-reliance; there is no alternati

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