Bengaluru: Addressing concerns over the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) legal status and its non-registration, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the law does not require all organisations to be registered. Speaking on the last day of his two-day interaction with influencers in Bengaluru, Bhagwat noted that neither the RSS nor “Hinduism” is registered.
“Registration is neither required nor mandatory under the law. We are an unregistered body of persons under the law,” he said. Bhagwat added that while the income tax department had earlier asked the Sangh to pay tax, courts have exempted the Guru Dakshina given to the RSS from taxation, keeping the organisation within the constitutional and legal framework.
Bhagwat said the RSS was founded in 1925 and could not have been registered under the British government. He explained that post-independence laws did not make registration compulsory. “The RSS manages its finances within the Sangh. Cadres and workers donate to the RSS. It’s a donation to the Sangh,” he said.
He also took a dig at the Opposition, who have labelled the RSS as an unconstitutional organisation.
