- By Shubham Bajpai
- Sun, 09 Nov 2025 06:42 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that Muslims and all other communities in India are allowed to become part of the organisation.
Speaking at the event to mark the centenary of RSS in Bengaluru, Bhagwat said that no Brahmin, Muslim or Christian is allowed to join RSS until they leave their separateness out.
He said, "No Brahmin is allowed in Sangh, no one from any caste is allowed, no Muslim is allowed, no Christian is allowed... People from different denominations, Muslims or Christians, can come to Sangh, keeping their separateness out. When you come to Shakha, you come as a son of Bharat Mata. Muslims and Christians come to shakha, but we don't take their count, we don't ask who they are."
Bhagwat on Congress
On the question of always backing the BJP, the Sarsanghchalak said that the RSS does not back any party but politics. He said that the organisation would have backed even Congress if they had supported the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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He said, "We do not support any political party. We do not participate in election politics. Sangh works to unite society, and politics is divisive. We support policies. For example, we wanted Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, so our swayamsevaks voted for those who stood by its construction".
"We don't have a special affinity for one party. There is no Sangh party; no party is ours. And all parties are ours because they are Bharatiya parties. We support rashtraneeti (policies), not rajniti (politics). We have our views, and we want this country to go in a particular direction. Those who drive the country in that direction, we will support them".
Bhagwat also clarified about the recognition status of RSS, which is often raked by Congress and other oppposition parties. He said, "Sangha started in 1925. Do you expect us to register with the British government? Against whom?... We were banned thrice. So, the government has recognised. If we were not there, who would they ban? And each time courts resolved the ban, they dismissed the ban and made RSS a legal organisation...," Bhagwat said.