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Owaisi Challenges Modi’s Claim of RSS Role in Freedom Struggle

He cites British archives to dispute that the organisation participated in anti-colonial movements.

Overview

  • Speaking in Hyderabad, the AIMIM chief said no RSS member lost their life fighting the British and invited anyone to name one.
  • He asserted that RSS workers stayed out of the 1930s agitations and the 1942 Quit India Movement, referencing records that described them as posing no threat.
  • Owaisi distinguished founder K.B. Hedgewar’s pre-RSS activism from the organisation’s later record, alleging Hedgewar’s 1930 jailing aimed to recruit for the Sangh.
  • He criticized the group’s ideology by citing M.S. Golwalkar’s A Bunch of Thoughts and early opposition to the Constitution, and he referenced alleged Organizer comments on the tricolour and Manusmriti.
  • The remarks followed Modi’s centenary address praising the RSS for nation-building, as Owaisi also highlighted Muslim sacrifices including Maulvi Alauddin and Turribaz Khan.