By Harsh Mander
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh enters the 100th year of its formation, why is it imperative to listen attentively to the words, spoken and unspoken, of Mohan Madhukar Rao Bhagwat, the Sarsangchalak or supreme leader of the Sangh?
The RSS is today the world’s largest civic organisation of the far-right, with an estimated 50,000 branches. A volunteer Hindu nationalist paramilitary association, it was founded on the notion of Hindu supremacy and opposition to the idea of equal citizenship to Muslims and Christians in India. It has spawned myriad formations inspired by the ideology of the RSS, often described as the Sangh Parivar, including the more openly combative Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Prashad. The political arm of the Sangh is the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party.
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