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The Congress president successful Maharashtra, Harshvardhan Sapkal, launched a crisp onslaught against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) connected Monday (September 29, 2025), during the Constitution Satyagraha Padayatra rally. He said the sangh similar Ravana, has 10 faces, which correspond “regressive tendencies” and merit to beryllium burnt connected Dussehra.
“The 10 faces are not successful 10 directions but basal for 10 regressive tendencies similar anti-constitutional behaviour, anti-religious attitudes, and anti-democratic actions. The burning of these volition beryllium the existent Vijayadashami (Dussehra),” said Mr. Sapkal, appealing to radical to support the Constitution.
The four-day rally started connected Monday (September 29, 2025) from Deekshabhoomi successful Nagpur, office of the RSS, and volition reason connected October 2, which is Mahatma Gandhi’s day and besides Dussehra. The RSS volition observe its 100th twelvemonth connected Dussehra.
Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was besides contiguous astatine the motorboat of the Samvidhan Satyagraha Padyatra, which aims to antagonistic the “politics of hatred” attributed to the RSS with a connection of love. NCP person and erstwhile Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, Shiv Sena person Sushma Andhare, Congress metropolis president and MLA Vikas Thackeray, erstwhile Minister of State Rajendra Mulak, and others besides joined the rally.
RSS warned
Taking to X, Mr. Sapkal said, “RSS should pain their 10 heads. The ideology that threatens to termination Rahul Gandhi belongs to the RSS; beware if you situation interaction adjacent a hairsbreadth connected Rahul Gandhi’s head.”
The padayatra volition extremity astatine Bapu Kuti successful Sevagram. The nonsubjective was to dispersed consciousness connected protecting the Constitution, promoting the values of democracy, and spreading Gandhian thoughts.
Activists and bureau bearers of the Hum Bharat Ke Log organisation besides participated successful the march successful ample numbers. The march began to the dependable of drums and bhajans. Participants chanted Hare Ram Hare Krishna, Devkinandan Gopala, Vote Chor Gaddi Chod, and “Save the Constitution, Save Democracy.”
The BJP criticised Mr. Sapkal’s remarks and called them “irresponsible.” BJP spokesperson Ram Kulkarni took a potshot astatine Mr. Sapkal and said, “None of your elder leaders respect you successful the State. You are criticising RSS to people your presence. What did Congress bash successful 50 years? Changes, specified arsenic the beef ban, removal of Section 370, and Ram Mandir, are portion of the RSS thought process.”
