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Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Photo: Mohan Bhagwat/X

Muslims and Christians can join RSS, says Mohan Bhagwat, with one condition

| @indiablooms | Nov 09, 2025, at 10:13 pm

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat has said Muslims and Christians can join the organisation only if they see themselves as sons of 'Bharat Mata' and part of the broader Hindu society.

Responding to the question while attending an event, Bhagwat was quoted as saying by India Today: "No Brahmin is allowed in Sangha. No other caste is allowed in Sangha. No Muslim is allowed, no Christian is allowed in the Sangha... Only Hindus are allowed.”

However, he again clarified that followers of all groups are allowed to join the Sangha only as 'sons of Bharat Mata'.

"People with different denominations — Muslims, Christians — any denomination, can come to the Sangha but keep your separateness out. Your speciality is welcome. But when you come inside Shakha, you come as a son of Bharat Mata, a member of this Hindu society," he said.

"Muslims come to Shakha, Christians come to Shakha, as all other castes from the routinely called Hindu society, they also come to Shakha. But we don’t take their count, and we don’t ask who they are. We are all sons of Bharat Mata. That is how Sangha works," the RSS chief said.

He remarked during an in-house question-and-answer session hosted by the RSS.

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