Hailing V.D. Savarkar as a “celebrated thinker who stood against the post-war order”, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday (June 23, 2025) argued that global politics is dictated by realism and self-interest and not morality or solidarity. Citing the present global scenario, Mr. Dhankhar called for a shift in India’s foreign policy imagination and added that this was the right time to move beyond “romanticism” and focus on economic and strategic strength.

Speaking at the launch of a book written by senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Ram Madhav titled New World: 21st Century Global Order in India, the Vice-President warned that enemies of the country are not just outside but also within, and that some forces are determined to make the lives of Indians difficult, even by dividing people on issues like language.