'Country's misfortune': Congress attacks RSS; claims Sangh sided with British

NEW DELHI: Congress said the party and other ideological groups fought for the freedom struggle, while RSS sided with the British, as it slammed PM Narendra Modi ’s claim at a function on Wednesday.

Congress posted on social media a video of party president Mallikarjun Kharge asking, “tell us how many of your people (RSS) went to the jail, and how many were hanged by the British”. It said while the entire country rose against the British during Quit India movement in 1942, RSS decided to join hands with the imperial masters to suppress the agitation.

“It is our country’s misfortune that workers of a communal and hateful organisation like RSS are directly running govt. Those who have always advocated for Manusmriti over the Constitution are now becoming CMs and PMs in our country. How can we expect social, political, and economic justice from them?” the party asked. “While Congress, socialists, communists, and other revolutionary organisations were repeatedly banned, the British regime never imposed any ban on RSS. None of its volunteers were ever sent to jail, so they could stay outside and poison people’s mind with Hindu-Muslim division ,” it added.

“Even 78 years after Independence, RSS has only one agenda — seizing power by igniting Hindu-Muslim tensions, capturing institutions, and spreading hatred and frenzy. The situation is such that today, by misusing power, RSS has started selling out the country. If it is said that RSS is the root of most problems in the country, it would not be an exaggeration. The day this organisation stops setting the country on fire and hollowing it out, more than half of the problems will be resolved,” Congress said.