RSS registration a 'dharma' yudh

Bhagwat: If not recognised, how could govt ban the organisation thrice?

- Agencies

In a veiled remark against Congress leaders criticising RSS for operating without registration, Sangh's chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said his organisation is recognised as a body of individuals.

"RSS was established in 1925, so do you expect us to have registered with the British government?" Bhagwat asked while replying to a question during an in-house question and answer session organised by the RSS.

He added that after Independence, the Indian government did not make registration compulsory. "We are categorised as body of individuals, and we are a recognised organisation,' Bhagwat explained.

According to him, IT department and courts have termed RSS as a body of individuals and the organisation was exempted from income tax.

"We were banned thrice. So government has recognised us. If we were not there, whom did they ban," the RSS chief asked.

Even Hindu dharma is not registered

RSS was established in 1925, so do you expect us to have registered with the British govt?

We are categorised as body of individuals, and we are a recognised organisation

Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief