"Congress repeatedly tried to crush RSS, failed every time": Rajiv Tuli slams Priyank Kharge

New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Rajiv Tuli on Sunday criticise the Congress, saying its animosity towards the RSS is "old, not new" recalling that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had once said to "crush" the organisation in 1948, and accused the party of being against "Indianness, nationalism, and Hindutva".
RSS leader Rajiv Tuli's remarks came as the Karnataka government is mulling over new rules to restrict RSS activities in the state after its minister, Priyank Kharge, called for action against the organisation.
Speaking to ANI, Tuli said, "Congress' animosity with RSS is old, not new. In 1948, one week before Mahatma ji's assassination, in his letter to a CM, Nehru ji said - Why is action not being taken against the RSS...He had said, 'I will crush the RSS.' The then Sarsanghchalak, responded with 'I will crush this crushing mentality'...In 1948, they pressured Sardar Patel to ban RSS. 28 days after the ban, Sardar Patel wrote a letter to Nehruji that he had come to know that RSS had no involvement in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
"Later, the ban was revoked. The ban was reimposed in 1975 and then revoked in 1977...So, first Nehruji, then Indira Gandhi and then Narasimha Rao banned RSS thrice. They had to revoke the ban later...You can see the condition of Congress today...The Congress of AU Hume is against Indianness, nationalism and Hindutva sanatana...They opposed it earlier too and they oppose it now as well," he added.
On Saturday, Vishva Hindu Parishad National Spokesperson Vinod Bansal slammed Congress over their attempt to restrict the activities of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the state, saying that the party is "writing its own obituary"
Vinod Bansal said that the "drama" in Karnataka is going to rise due to the rise of two princes (Priyank Kharge and Rahul Gandhi) in Congress.
"The way drama unfolds in Karnataka, the two princes are rising within Congress... They have no work to do. They believe that speaking ill of RSS and advocating for its ban will give them some media clout," he said.
"They are currently entangled in this nasty situation... By discussing banning RSS, Congress is essentially writing its own obituary... Their leaders are taking dangerous actions for the party. I feel confident because if they ban RSS, our work will multiply four times," he added.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Friday informed that the state is mulling new laws against the RSS and has decided to strengthen the existing laws of non-participation of government employees in any political activities. (ANI)