The central government's order lifting the ban on government employees to participate in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities has sparked a war of words between the opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Congress calling the order to be highly detrimental to the centra
"Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had banned them. They were banned owing to their behaviour. Their work is that of spreading hatred in the society," Singh said speaking to reporters on Monday.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati urged the central government on Monday to withdraw the order allowing employees to participate in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities.
Tharoor said that it is the responsibility of the government employees to work for everyone and added that they should remain "neutral" when in government.
"Due to its political interests, the then government had baselessly banned the government employees from participating in the activities of a constructive organization like the Sangh," Sunil Ambekar said.
Countering the government after it permitted government employees to part in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi called the decision "wrong".
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Monday said that the "unconstitutional order" issued 58 years ago imposing a ban on government employees taking part in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been withdrawn by the central government.
The Congress leader, in his post on X, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the ban that was in force even during former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure was removed on July 9.
After UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni's resignation amidst the controversy regarding trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the BJP-RSS of systematically indulging in an "institutional takeover" of India's constitutional bodies and said that multiple scanda
Speaking on the statement given by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday that the common man is the superman in the country.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said that there is never an end to progress and both internal and external developments have no end.