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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has also once again said that he believes the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned in the country<\/h2>\n
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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday invoked the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel<\/a> to criticise the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), asserting that India\u2019s first Home Minister had once banned the organisation. Addressing reporters, Yadav took a swipe at the RSS and said, \u201cYou can check on ChatGPT why Sardar Patel banned the RSS. Hindu Mahasabha and RSS both were banned as they had an alleged role in the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. This is as per ChatGPT.”<\/p>\n

Akhilesh\u2019s comments came on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, which is observed annually to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel\u2019s birth anniversary.<\/p>\n

Historically, the RSS was indeed banned by the Government of India on February 4, 1948, shortly after Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s assassination. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, then serving as Home Minister, approved the ban following widespread reports that the organisation\u2019s members had been celebrating Gandhi\u2019s death and promoting communal hostility. The official notification stated that the \u201ccult of violence sponsored and inspired by the activities of the Sangh” had contributed to the atmosphere that led to Gandhi\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

In correspondence from that period, Patel wrote that the RSS\u2019s activities posed \u201ca clear threat to the existence of government and the state”. However, while he condemned the organisation\u2019s conduct, he also clarified that there was no conclusive evidence directly linking the RSS as an institution to Gandhi\u2019s assassination. The government demanded that the RSS adopt a formal constitution, accept the national flag and the Constitution of India, and operate transparently if it wished to be unbanned.<\/p>\n

After several months of negotiations, the ban on the RSS was lifted on July 11, 1949, when the organisation agreed to abide by these conditions. The Hindu Mahasabha, which was also under scrutiny due to the involvement of some of its members in Gandhi\u2019s killing, was not formally banned nationwide but remained politically marginalised for several years thereafter.<\/p>\n

Talking about Sardar Patel\u2019s legacy, Akhilesh pledged that if his party returns to power, it will establish a university in the late Congress leader\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has also once again said that he believes the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy personal opinion is that RSS should be banned,” Kharge said at a press conference on Friday. \u201cSardar Patel also said that one should not work for the RSS while in government service. He had banned government employees from participating in the activities of the RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Modi government lifted on July 9, 2024. We demand that this ban be reinstated.”<\/p>\n

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Pathikrit Sen Gupta is a Senior Associate Editor with News18.com and likes to cut a long story short. He writes sporadically on Politics, Sports, Global Affairs, Space, Entertainment, And Food. He trawls X via …Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pathikrit Sen Gupta is a Senior Associate Editor with News18.com and likes to cut a long story short. He writes sporadically on Politics, Sports, Global Affairs, Space, Entertainment, And Food. He trawls X via … Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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