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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) termed the merchandise of a postage stamp and a coin to commemorate the centenary of the RSS a "grave wounded and insult" to the Constitution, which the Sangh "never accepted".
In a statement, the Politburo of the CPI(M) said it is highly objectionable that an authoritative coin should replicate the 'Bharat Mata' representation of a Hindu goddess promoted by the RSS, adding that the postage stamp showing uniformed RSS volunteers astatine the 1963 Republic Day parade excessively falsifies history.
"The merchandise of a postage stamp and a 100 rupee coin by the Prime Minister to observe the 100th day of the founding of the RSS is simply a sedate wounded and insult to the Constitution of India which the RSS has ne'er accepted," the enactment said.
"It is highly objectionable that an authoritative coin should replicate the 'Bharat Mata' representation of a Hindu goddess promoted by the RSS arsenic a awesome of its sectarian conception of a Hindutva Rashtra," it said.
"The postage stamp showing uniformed RSS volunteers astatine the 1963 Republic Day parade excessively falsifies history. This is based connected the prevarication that Nehru invited the RSS to enactment successful the 1963 Republic Day parade arsenic designation of its patriotism during the India-China warfare erstwhile it has been shown done grounds that the 1963 republic time parade was fundamentally a immense gathering of much than 1 lakh citizens. The beingness of uniformed RSS volunteers, if astatine all, was unreported and incidental," the Left enactment said.
CPI(M) questions relation of RSS
It said the full workout is to "whitewash the shameful relation of the RSS" which was not conscionable distant from the state conflict but really strengthened the British strategy of disagreement and rule, frankincense seeking to weaken the unity of the radical of India which was a important constituent of the conflict against assemblage rule. "The past of autarkic India has seen the worst communal unit successful which the relation of the RSS has been elaborate successful galore reports of authoritative commissions of inquiry. Today it is the RSS and its Parivar who proceed to people number communities and besides marginalized sections of nine done the promotion of manuvadi ideologies," it said.
"This is the world of the past of the RSS that the Prime Minister seeks to conceal, by misusing his position. In doing so, helium has lowered the dignity of the law presumption helium holds," it added.
Party General Secretary MA Baby said that releasing a coin and stamp to "glorify the RSS is an insult to the Constitution and an effort to erase its (RSS) divisive past and whitewashing history".
In a station connected X, Mr. Baby besides wrote, "The PM is misusing his bureau to legitimise the RSS's sectarian docket and distort India's state struggle." Earlier successful the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the peculiar postage stamp and the commemorative coin, which features the first-ever depiction of Bharat Mata connected an Indian currency, to people the centenary celebrations of the RSS.
Kerala CM slams merchandise of stamp
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) criticised the commemoration of the RSS centenary by releasing a postage stamp and a ₹100 coin, terming it arsenic a “grave insult” to the Constitution.
In a station connected societal media level ‘X’ Mr. Vijayan claimed, “Commemorating the RSS centenary with a postage stamp and a 100 rupee coin is simply a sedate insult to our Constitution. It legitimises an organisation that abstained from the state struggle, promoting a divisive ideology that aligned with the assemblage strategy”.
“This nationalist honour is simply a nonstop battle connected the representation of our existent state fighters and the secular, unified India they envisioned,” the CM said.
The coin besides has the RSS motto "Rashtray Swaha, Idam Rashtraya, Idam Na Mama”, which translates to "Everything is dedicated to the nation, Everything is the nation's, Nothing is mine".
The postal stamp features RSS swayamsevaks' information successful the 1963 Republic Day Parade, underlining the organisation's historical contributions.
