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The ongoing dispute between Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has now deepened. Priyank Kharge has targeted BJP and RSS on social media platform X. He has called BJP a puppet in the hands of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has termed this entire matter as a political drama.

Kharge also sarcastically said that whenever a question is asked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP gets agitated. He clarified that whenever anyone talks about accountability of the Sangh, the BJP loses its temper. According to Kharge, BJP has always been not only an ally of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, but it has also been one of its tools. He said in his statement that every counterattack by BJP only proves in whose hands the real command is.

Taking his attack forward, the Karnataka Home Minister also raised serious questions on the history of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He asked why the organization which made no contribution in the country’s freedom struggle is giving lectures on patriotism to the entire country today? Along with this, he also wanted to know why it took a long time of 52 years to hoist the national flag at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Nagpur. Priyank Kharge did not stop here. He also questioned whether the Sangh actually believes in the Constitution of Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar or the Constitution which he himself wanted to write?

What is the whole matter?

This whole controversy started when Priyank Kharge wrote an open letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is going to complete 100 years of its existence. On this occasion, Kharge had sought clarification on the legal status of the organization, financial transparency and constitutional accountability. He said that the organization which has more than 60,000 branches and crores of volunteers in the country and abroad, should completely follow transparency and tax rules. He also asked on what legal basis such huge activities are being carried out without any formal registration?

Mohan Bhagwat rejected Kharge’s allegations

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP have completely rejected these allegations of Priyank Kharge. Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has called Kharge’s questions a ‘political stunt’. He said that he does not feel any need to reply to this letter. At the same time, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Ramesh Jigajinagi gave a statement in a warning tone. He said that whoever has tried to touch Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has not been able to escape. Priyank Kharge retaliated on this warning. He asked whether Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is a terrorist organization which eliminates those who raise questions? Kharge said that he is a follower of Babasaheb’s ideology and is not afraid of such threats.