Karnataka Govt. Asks RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to Send Representatives to Explain Legal Status on Registration of Organisation
Kharge said the RSS should disclose its office-bearers, donations and taxes as he pressed for formal registration and legal accountability.
- On Monday, June 15, 2026, Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge wrote an open letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, demanding the organization register itself, disclose finances, and provide constitutional accountability.
- Citing the organization's massive footprint, Kharge noted that the RSS operates 4,127 daily shakhas, 1,389 weekly milans, and 60 monthly mandalis in Karnataka, alongside 562 route marches involving over 2.21 lakh uniformed volunteers.
- Kharge argued that if religious institutions, NGOs, and companies must register and pay taxes, the RSS should set an example by upholding the "highest standards of transparency, accountability and constitutional compliance."
- While the RSS has not yet responded to the request, the Home Department under Kharge is actively mulling measures to ensure the registration of the organization and its affiliate groups.
- Marking the organization's 100th year, Kharge urged the RSS to use this centenary for "constitutional introspection" rather than mere celebration, calling for a formal meeting with authorized office-bearers to discuss legal grounds.
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Register, Disclose, Pay Taxes: Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge to RSS
In a salvo that has created ripples of concern within organisations of the far right, especially the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that is the ideological fountainhead of the present regime, Karnataka’s recently appointed Home Minister, Priyank Kharge, has written to the organisation demanding that it disclose its registration details, pay taxes, comply with the law and Constitution.
Dr Mohan Bhagwat answers on the legal status of Sangh
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) continues to gain wider acceptance among the public, opponents of the organisation often attempt to defame the Sangh or discredit its activities by raising questions about its legal status and registration. In the last 100 years, the RSS has clarified its legal status on numerous occasions and across several platforms. However, such questions continue to be raised, often creating confusion among the publi…
Bhagwat Hits Back At Karnataka Minister, Calls RSS Demand Is ‘Politics’
Thrissur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has rejected calls for the Sangh to register itself, asserting that the organisation is neither secretive nor operating outside public scrutiny. Bhagwat was responding to questions after addressing a gathering as part of the RSS centenary outreach programme here on Sunday. Responding to a question on the Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge's call for the RSS to register itself, Bhagwat said the organisation h…
Karnataka govt. asks RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to send representatives to explain legal status on registration of organisation
Quoting the 2025-2026 report of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision-making body of the RSS, Home Minister Priyank Kharge has said that the organisation has significant footprint in Karnataka, with 4,127 daily shakhas, 1,389 weekly milans, and 60 monthly mandalis
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