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Congress has claimed that a recent government order has lifted the “ban” on government employees participating in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). According to Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, an office memorandum allegedly issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pension details this change.
Ramesh shared a purported government order issued earlier this month highlighting the “participation of government servants in the activities of the RSS.”
— Jairam_Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) The Congress leader, in his post on X, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the ban that was in force even during former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure was removed on July 9.
“Sardar Patel had banned the RSS in February 1948 following Gandhiji’s assassination. Subsequently, the ban was withdrawn on assurances of good behaviour. Even after this the RSS never flew the Tiranga in Nagpur. In 1966, a ban was imposed – and rightly so – on government employees taking part in RSS activities,” he said.
“After June 4th 2024, relations between the self-anointed non-biological PM and the RSS have nosedived. On July 9 2024, the 58-year ban that was in force even during Mr. Vajpayee’s tenure as PM was removed. The bureaucracy can now come in knickers too I suppose,” the Congress general secretary added.Congress leader Pawan Khera also posted on X, “58 years ago, the Central Government had imposed a ban on government employees taking part in the activities of the RSS. Modi govt has withdrawn the order.”— Pawankhera (@Pawankhera) Khera also posted the original November 1966 banning order.— Jairam_Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh)