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The Congress connected Monday (October 13, 2025) deed retired astatine some the Union and Kerala governments, questioning wherefore the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was not named successful the archetypal accusation study filed successful transportation with the decease of a bundle nonrecreational successful the State.
Anandu Aji, 26, a autochthonal of Elikkulam successful Kottayam, was recovered dormant astatine a edifice country successful Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram connected October 9. The decease of Mr. Aji, who was an RSS volunteer, triggered a governmental uproar aft a note, which surfaced connected his societal media relationship soon aft his death, accused a fewer individuals, including chap RSS workers, of intersexual abuse.
While the RSS connected Monday (October 13) joined calls for an investigation, the BJP accused the Congress of creating a “fake narrative” and giving a governmental colour to the incident.
Addressing a property league astatine the Congress office successful Delhi, the party’s media and publicity section caput Pawan Khera said that successful his societal media station earlier committing suicide, Mr. Aji had alleged that helium was subjected to intersexual maltreatment since the property of 4 years successful camps tally by the Sangh.
“Anandu mentioned the sanction of RSS aggregate times successful his post, but the sanction of RSS is not adjacent mentioned successful the FIR. What benignant of panic is this... If the sanction of RSS does not adjacent fig successful the FIR, tin 1 expect a just probe,” helium said.
Terming it a precise superior issue, Mr. Khera said it was a shame if the strategy was “afraid” of the RSS. Questioning the soundlessness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS main Mohan Bhagwat connected the decease of the IT professional, Mr. Khera claimed that the authorities astatine the Centre is “of the RSS, by the RSS and for the RSS”.
“The Congress demands that the RSS beryllium named successful the FIR and a fair, impartial and time-bound probe beryllium launched into the tragic decease of Anandu Aji,” Mr. Khera said.
In a station connected X connected Sunday night, Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had alleged, “The RSS indispensable let these allegations to beryllium investigated fully. In his termination connection Anandu Aji alleged that helium was abused again and again by aggregate members of the RSS.” “Sexual maltreatment of boys is simply a scourge arsenic wide arsenic that of girls. The codification of soundlessness astir these unspeakably heinous crimes has to beryllium broken,” she said.
The RSS, meanwhile, has joined calls for an investigation. In a statement, K.B. Sreekumar, Saha Prantha Karyavah (South Kerala) of the organisation, called for a thorough and impartial probe into the events starring to Mr. Aji’s decease and the termination enactment that surfaced connected societal media platforms soon afterward. “The enactment contains dubious and baseless allegations against the Sangh, which are cited arsenic the crushed for his suicide,” a connection said.
The RSS said it had lodged a ceremonial ailment with the Kottayam District Police, and described Mr. Aji’s decease arsenic “sad and unfortunate”. Mr. Aji’s precocious begetter excessively had besides served arsenic a karyakartha of the RSS, it said.
“We firmly judge that an autarkic enquiry volition not lone bring retired the existent origin of his unnatural decease but besides found the innocence of the RSS successful this unfortunate incident,” the connection added.
The Democratic Youth Federation of India and Youth Congress person already filed constabulary complaints implicit the incident, though the constabulary are yet to registry immoderate cases based connected these complaints.
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