By Scroll Staff
The Centre has “classified” the documents related to its decision to revoke a 58-year-old ban on government employees joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, The Wire reported on Wednesday.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindutva group, is the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. It has been banned three times since Independence. Critics say it promotes Hindu supremacy and intolerance of minorities.
The ban was lifted by the Centre on July 9. A copy of the order was not immediately made available to the public at the time.
The official memorandum lifting the ban was released by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Personnel and Training on their websites for “public knowledge” on Wednesday, according to The Hindu.
On Wednesday, The Wire reported that it had filed a Right to Information application seeking a copy of the document cited in the memorandum.
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