To rid itself of this embarrassing lacuna, it resorts to appropriating figures like Bhagat Singh, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the ideology the Sangh espouses. In fact, at multiple instances, the RSS ideologues traduced Bhagat Singh and the revolutionary tradition that he and his companions heralded. There is substantial evidence in the documents of the RSS that demonstrates the organization’s categorical repudiation of revolutionary movements led by Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar Azad, and their associates. Apart from casting aspersions on the ideology of revolutionaries, the RSS stands in absolute opposition to everything Bhagat Singh lived and died for. Bhagat Singh was a visionary thinker who rejected caste, communalism, and reactionary politics — the very foundations on which the RSS is built.

Source: The Hindu January 21, 2026 04:35 UTC