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Senior Congress person and MLC B.K. Hariprasad connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) described the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) arsenic “Indian Taliban” and said the right-wing organisation was not a registered body.
The RSS has been moving shakhas successful the State but had not taken support from the police, helium said. “The RSS is not a registered body,” and it has to instrumentality support from authorities acrophobic to behaviour functions successful nationalist places, specified arsenic grounds and parks, helium added.
The Congress leader’s remarks came a fewer days aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the RSS contributions on its centenary celebrations and connected the time the RSS took retired a march in assorted localities successful Bengaluru city.
‘Underworld organisation’
Speaking to reporters here, the Congress person said, “The RSS is the Taliban of India. They are an organisation that is not registered with the government. Let them amusement that their organisation is registered.”
He termed the RSS arsenic an “underworld” organisation that is conducting functions “irresponsibly”. He said the Congress authorities successful 1948 banned the RSS, and present the Central authorities has to instrumentality a determination connected its ban.
“If you privation to clasp immoderate benignant of programme successful nationalist places, you indispensable archetypal get support from the government. We person nary objection if you bash it aft getting permission. But the RSS shakhas (branches) person been operating without immoderate support for galore years with lathis and talwar”.
RSS shakhas
The Congress successful its manifesto successful Karnataka has promised to prohibition the Bajrang Dal, but the authorities has not banned it yet. The question has been raised wherefore it has not been banned successful the State, helium said.
“If you protestation successful favour of Palestine, you volition beryllium instantly arrested by the police. But the constabulary let RSS shakhas to beryllium held successful authorities grounds. I americium questioning wherefore this is so.”
Mr. Hariprasad said the Tamil Nadu authorities has taken enactment against RSS members and conducted programmes successful schools and colleges. They person been arrested, and cases person been registered. He demanded that a akin enactment beryllium taken successful Karnataka too
He said that respective ministers had written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asking him to instrumentality steps to show RSS activities successful the State.
