Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) president Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that reservations should continue as long as there is discrimination in society.

“We kept our own fellow human beings behind in the social system. We did not care for them, and this continued for 2,000 years. Until we provide them equality, some special remedies have to be there, and reservations are one of them. Hence, reservations have to continue till there is such discrimination. We at the RSS give all support to the reservations provided in the Constitution,” Bhagwat was quoted as saying by PTI.

It is about giving respect and not just about ensuring financial or political equality, the RSS president said adding that discrimination exists in society even though it is invisible.

If the sections of society that faced discrimination suffered for 2000 years, “why cannot we (those who did not face discrimination) accept some trouble for 200 more years,” Bhagwat further said.