Overview
- In the organisation’s first formal response on November 1, Dattatreya Hosabale said the public has accepted the RSS and asked what a ban would achieve.
- Hosabale asserted that attempts to outlaw the RSS under Congress governments failed, saying society and the courts supported the organisation.
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge this week called for banning the RSS and for restoring restrictions on government employees that were lifted on July 9, 2024.
- The remarks came during the RSS Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarni Mandal meeting in Jabalpur, convened as part of its centenary observances.
- The BJP accused Congress of double standards, while Priyank Kharge urged Karnataka to bar RSS activities in state institutions, and no new legal ban has been announced.