During a lecture in Pune titled 'India - The Vishwaguru', as part of the Sahjeevan Vyakhyanmala (lecture series), Bhagwat advocated for an 'inclusive society.'

Another spiritual leader criticised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat over his remark against raking up temple-mosque disputes. Slammig the RSS chief, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said he doesn't feel the plight of Hindus.

Swami Rambhadracharya on4 slammed RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat over his remark on Hindu Temple excavation. He said that ‘he is not the contractor of Hinduism’.

Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti has criticised Mohan Bhagwat's remarks saying such religious matters should be decided by religious leaders rather than the RSS.