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The Sarsanghchalak (chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat has undertaken a tour of three countries abroad. The first in the series was the United States of America, where apart from a few other engagements his major event was to address the gathering at Madison square in New York. It was expected that over 5,000 people would attend it. The stated objective of the visit was to dispel misconceptions about the RSS, to have dialogue and spread the message of universal oneness.

Before the proposed meeting, there were huge protests, involving nearly 61 Human rights organisations who highlighted the hate politics of the RSS combine – Sangh Parivar. The protesters highlighted the writings from the RSS stable where Adolf Hitler is praised for genocide of Jews and this method of nation building is recommended for Hindu Nationalists. The protesters also held banners that RSS had killed Mahatma Gandhi. Even the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, an India origin person criticised the RSS and stated his displeasure with the RSS event, expressing his inability to stop the event.

He also said that the India where he was raised, (he is son of Mira Nair, the renowned filmmaker from India) was respecting diversity, while today India has become an intolerant state. Many Hindu organisations and others respecting human rights also took part in the protests against Bhagwat.

The meeting of Bhagwat was organised by over 200 organisations mainly working for identity issues. In the meeting, Bhagwat tried to pose as a liberal, hiding his politics of exclusion. He stated that diversity is a decoration of our innate unity and that Hindus wanting Muslims out of India........

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