I have met some members of RSS.
YEs, they say they are their to promote hinduism and do social service.
But some how I feel they are Hindu nationalist, I feel they help BJP to gain vote bank also.
I remember. to lure sikhs they started some dhong dhoksla.....they told that sikhism is a part of hinduism, Guru's made sikhs to protect hinduism, So Sikhs should also be part of Hinduism.
They published some posters like RAM and Guru Nanak on upper left and right showering their blessings on Shivaji and Guru Gobind Singh ji, their pics were at lower left and right of poster.
In one poster they presented Guru Gobind SIngh ji doing tap (may be hemkunt sahib) and some MATA showering blessings.
In one poster they have shown Guru Nanak Ji precahing sangat and he is wearing a Janeau (some thread worn by pandits). Yaar guru ji ta pandita te janeaua ta lokaan nu mukti dava rahe si, oh bhala kyun paan lage......
They broke the rules of SIkhism to attract sikhs to RSS. For sikhs RSS full form is Rashtriya Sikh Sangat. This is what they told me, came to me so many times when I was in India to join Rashtriya SIkh Sangat......I said to dem..Fu*k off ......
I personally feel they are trying to dilute the bachi khuchi sikhi from India and some how try to mix slow poison into Sikh religion.
I feel Sikhism is a separate religion and should be treated as distinct, separate religion.
Although all the religion might teach the same "humanity" but one religion can not be part of other religion.
I will not comment how good they are or not. One thing I will see, if they can say that Babbar Khalsa/Khalsa Dal is not good for hindus then even RSS/VHP/Bajrang Dal is also not good for sikhs or any other religion except hindus.
Gujrat CM Narender Singh Modi, is RSS activist. He recently passed a bill that anyone can change the religion. And the religions are Hindu, Islam, Christian, and one two more. There was no name of Sikhism there. And on to that he told Jains, Buddhist are parts of hindu religion..so not considering them as separate religion.....
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