
The first part of this series will test the claims of Ram Madhav with the literature, officially claimed by the RSS.


Are these non-negotiable principles what govern the party that rules India with a majority today? As critically, Indian nationhood is composite and not based on any faith or religion. Those in government are sworn to the Indian Constitutional mandate of a Republic based on the non-negotiable principles of equal citizenship and non-discrimination. Another is to test ideas and thoughts with utterances and actions which is to evaluate the remarks being made by RSS-BJP heads in and out of this government since it rode to power in May 2014. The two documents authored by Golwalkar referred to on the Al Jazeera Head to Head show, telecast on Decemare Bunch of Thoughts (1960 edition) and We Or Our Nationhood Defined (1939).Ī rational way to test Madhav’s claims is by looking at the literature spawned by this million-member organization. Golwalkar was the second sarsanghchalak (leader paramount) of the outfit who expanded the organization after he was given charge by its founder, KB Hegdewar.

He is an inspirational figure for both, India’s prime minister and Ram Madhav, the general secretary of the BJP. Quoted on the show were two foundational documents of the RSS, authored by MS Golwalkar, reverentially referred to as ‘Guru Golwalkar’. Read Golwalkar on the RSS website and hear the Bhakts in and out of Indian ParliamentĪt a recent talk show by an international television channel, the former spokesperson of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and present general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, firmly asserted that the ideology of the RSS was neither supremacist, nor dominant or aggressive.
