Congress reminds PM Modi of Sardar Patel’s observations on RSS

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the RSS for its position in nation-building, the Congress reminded him on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had stated on the time that the Sangh’s actions created an environment that led to the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.

In a put up on X, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated, “The PM has spoken a lot of the RSS this morning. Is he even conscious of what Sardar Patel wrote to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on July 18, 1948?”

He shared extracts from a letter written by then Home Minister Patel to Mookerjee, during which he had stated, “As regards the RSS and The Hindu Mahasabha, the case regarding Gandhiji’s homicide is sub-judice and I mustn’t wish to say something in regards to the participation of the 2 organisations, however our experiences do verify that, on account of the actions of those two our bodies, notably the previous, an environment was created within the nation during which such a ghastly tragedy grew to become attainable….

“The actions of the RSS constituted a transparent risk to the existence of presidency and the State. Our experiences present that these actions, regardless of the ban, haven’t died down. Indeed, as time has marched on, the RSS circles have gotten extra defiant and are indulging of their subversive actions in an rising measure….”

Mr. Modi lauded the RSS on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) and stated the organisation by no means displayed any bitterness regardless of a number of assaults on it because it continued to work on the precept of nation first.

Participating within the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in New Delhi, the Prime Minister highlighted the organisation’s contribution in nation-building.

“The Sangh has fought towards the atrocities of the British. Its solely curiosity has at all times been love in the direction of the nation,” he stated, including that RSS volunteers gave shelter to freedom fighters and its leaders had been additionally jailed throughout the battle for independence.

The Prime Minister stated there have been quite a few makes an attempt to crush the spirit of the RSS by levelling allegations and registering false instances towards the organisation.

“The RSS has by no means been bitter, regardless of makes an attempt to make false instances towards it, makes an attempt to ban it and different challenges, as a result of we’re a part of a society the place we settle for each the great and the dangerous,” he stated, in an obvious reference to the ban on the Sangh after Gandhi’s assassination.