India lifts ban on officials joining RSS

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Afp July 23, 2024
India lifts ban on officials joining RSS

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NEW DELHI:

India has lifted a decades-old ban on civil servants being members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a government memo made public on Monday.

Several top leaders of Modi’s BJP, including the PM himself, cut their teeth at RSS. A new official memorandum issued earlier this month and made public on Monday by BJP publicity chief Amit Malviya stated: “It has been decided to remove the mention” of RSS from the rule.

In a post on X, Malviya said the rule was an “unconstitutional order issued 58 years ago”.

The government memorandum did not mention Jamaat-e-Islami.

Opposition leaders lashed out at the amendment.

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