Can Muslims join RSS? Mohan Bhagwat answers; explains who is 'not allowed' in Sangh

NEW DELHI: RSS main Mohan Bhagwat connected Sunday said the Sangh welcomes radical from each faiths, including Muslims and Christians, arsenic agelong arsenic they spot themselves arsenic sons of Bharat Mata and portion of the broader Hindu society.

Speaking astatine a two-day lecture bid titled "100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons" successful Bengaluru, Bhagwat clarified that the RSS does not disagreement its members by caste oregon religion and that its attack is rooted successful unity and a shared nationalist identity.

Asked whether Muslims are allowed to articulation the RSS, Bhagwat said, "No Brahmin is allowed successful Sangh. No different caste is allowed successful the Sangh. No Muslim is allowed, nary Christian is allowed successful the Sangha.

Only Hindus are allowed. So radical with antithetic denominations, Muslims, Christians, immoderate denomination, tin travel to the Sangha but support your separateness out."Also work - 'Have to talk the connection they understand': RSS main connected PakistanHe explained that the Sangh works connected the rule of inclusivity, saying, "Muslims travel to Shakha, Christians travel to Shakha, arsenic each different castes from the routinely called Hindu society, they besides travel to Shakha. But we don't instrumentality their count, and we don't inquire who they are.

We are each sons of Bharat Mata. That is however Sangha works."Bhagwat besides defended the organisation’s ineligible standing, saying, "Sangha started successful 1925. Do you expect america to registry with the British government? Against whom?... We were banned thrice. So, the authorities has recognised. If we were not there, who would they ban? And each clip courts resolved the ban, they dismissed the prohibition and made RSS a ineligible organisation."

He added, "Legally, factually, we are an organisation.

We are not unconstitutional. We are wrong that constitution. So we request not register. Many things are determination which are not registered. Even Hindu Dharma is not registered."Outlining the Sangh’s broader vision, Bhagwat said its ngo is to unite and empower Hindu nine to physique a beardown and prosperous India susceptible of guiding the satellite done the principles of Dharma.

"We privation to unite, organise, impart qualities to the full Hindu nine truthful that they volition make a prosperous and beardown Bharat which volition impart the Dharma cognition to the world. Our mission, our imaginativeness is an organised, beardown Hindu society," helium said.He besides reaffirmed the Sangh’s respect for the nationalist flag, saying, “Since its creation, Sangha has ever stood by, respected, offered tributes and protected this Tiranga Dhwaj... There is nary question of Bhagwa vis-a-vis Bhagwa and Tiranga.”