Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday mentioned the organisation is recognised as a “physique of people” and doesn’t want formal registration, whereas highlighting that even “Hindu Dharma will not be registered”, PTI reported.
At an occasion in Bengaluru to debate the completion of 100 years of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bhagwat remarked: “RSS was established in 1925, so do you count on us to have registered with the British authorities?”
He mentioned that after Independence, the federal government of unbiased India didn’t make registration obligatory and that the RSS features legally as a physique of people.
He added that each the Income Tax Department and the courts had acknowledged this standing and granted tax exemptions.
Besides he added that “we have been banned thrice, which suggests the federal government had recognised us; if we didn’t exist, whom would they’ve banned?”
The RSS, which is the father or mother organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, was banned briefly thrice by the Union authorities since Independence, together with after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
VIDEO | Bengaluru: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses the “100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons”. He says, “You know the Sangh began in 1925, do you count on us to have registered with the British authorities, towards whom we have been working? After Independence, the legal guidelines in… pic.twitter.com/rqGOlVDSdf
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Bhagwat’s remarks got here after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reiterated his name for the RSS to be banned, whereas his son, Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge, questioned the organisation’s registration quantity and sources of funding, The Indian Express reported.
On October 31, Mallikarjun Kharge had known as for a ban on the Hindutva organisation, claiming most legislation and order issues within the nation have been brought on by the BJP and RSS, The Indian Express reported.
On November 3, Priyank Kharge requested how the RSS, whereas being an unregistered organisation, might maintain large-scale marches throughout the nation, ANI reported.
In October, the Congress authorities in Karnataka had issued an order limiting unauthorised gatherings of greater than 10 folks in public areas, a transfer prone to have an effect on RSS actions, however the Karnataka High Court subsequently stayed the order.
Meanwhile, in response to a different query about whether or not Muslims can be part of the RSS, Bhagwat on Sunday mentioned that anybody can attend shakhas in the event that they determine as “a son of Bharat Mata, a member of this Hindu society”.
He mentioned: “No Brahmin is allowed within the Sangh, neither is another caste allowed. No Muslim is allowed, no Christian is allowed within the Sangha… Only Hindus are allowed. So folks with totally different denominations, Muslims, Christians, any denomination, can come to the Sangha however maintain your separateness out.”
Bhagwat remarked: “Your specialty is welcome, however once you come inside [RSS] shakha, you come as a son of Bharat Mata.”
#WATCH | Bengaluru | On being requested are Muslims allowed in RSS?, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat says, “No Brahmin is allowed in Sangha. No different caste is allowed in Sangha. No Muslim is allowed, no Christian is allowed within the Sangha… Only Hindus are allowed. So folks with totally different… https://t.co/CbBHvT9H7n pic.twitter.com/WJNjYWPMSq
— ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2025
A day prior, Bhagwat had mentioned that within the organisation’s view, all Indians are a part of Hindu society no matter faith.
“There is definitely no Ahindu in Bharat,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying. “All Muslims and Christians are descendants of the identical ancestors. They most likely don’t understand it, or they’re made to neglect it.”
