Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday mocked the BJP, saying it acts as a mere instrument of the RSS, amid the ongoing tussle between him and the RSS over his demand for clarity on its constitutional and financial compliance.
In a post on X, Kharge claimed that every time someone questions the RSS, the BJP loses its composure and "hisses back." He asked why an organisation, which he claimed contributed nothing to the freedom struggle, now guides the nation on patriotism, and why it took 52 years for the Tricolour to be hoisted at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, saying both questions provoke the same defensive reaction from the BJP.
Kharge said the BJP "rattles" whenever the RSS faces scrutiny, reacting defensively each time. He brought up several questions, which, according to him, ignite the same response: why an outfit, which Kharge claimed, stayed out of the independence movement, now positions itself as an authority on patriotism, and why nearly five decades passed before the national flag was raised at the RSS's Nagpur headquarters.
Kharge went on to ask whose Constitution the RSS truly swears by, Babasaheb Ambedkar's, or "the one they wish they had written instead", and alleged that the organisation refuses to register itself or pay taxes.
"Rattle the RSS & BJP hisses. Everytime anyone questions the RSS, BJP loses its composure. Ask why an organisation that contributed nothing to the freedom struggle now lectures the nation on patriotism and the BJP hisses back. Ask why it took 52 years for the Tricolour to be hoisted at Nagpur and the BJP hisses back. Ask whose Constitution they truly swear by Babasaheb's, or the one they wish they had written instead and the BJP hisses back. Ask why they refuse to register themselves, pay taxes and BJP hisses back. Ask RSS to follow what it preaches and BJP hisses back. The BJP has always been the RSS' instrument, never merely its ally. Every hiss just confirms who's holding the tail," he said on X.
