Asaduddin Owaisi Challenges Mohan Bhagwat, Says RSS Ideology Contradicts His Remarks on Muslims

Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi wrote on X that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Hindus accepting Muslims contradict the RSS’s historical ideology.

Owaisi cited writings and statements attributed to Hedgewar, M.S. Golwalkar and Savarkar, alleging that the RSS has historically opposed Hindu-Muslim unity, promoted authoritarian ideas, and portrayed Muslims and Christians as “internal threats.”

He also criticised the RSS over the 2002 Gujarat violence, UCC, anti-conversion laws and the use of UAPA, and challenged Bhagwat to publicly read excerpts from the writings of RSS ideologues and let people judge the organisation’s ideology for themselves.

Asaduddin Owaisi on X wrote….

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat says, “If any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslim in Bharat, he will not remain Hindu.” This is the oldest trick in the RSS playbook: some words are for the world, and some are for its own members. The RSS has never disavowed its key thinkers and writers. What do they say about Muslims and other minorities?

1. It is well known that the RSS did not contribute to our freedom struggle. Its founder, Hedgewar, was in the Indian National Congress but left it because he was against all religious communities joining the anti-British freedom struggle led by Gandhi. A biography of Hedgewar published by the RSS describes how he parted with the INC because “Gandhiji worked constantly with one eye on Hindu–Muslim unity… But Doctorji sensed danger in that move. In fact, he did not even relish the newfangled slogan of ‘Hindu–Muslim Unity’.” [Seshadri, H. V. (ed.), Dr. Hedgewar, the Epoch-Maker: A Biography, Sahitya Sindhu, Bangalore, 1981, p. 61.]

2. The RSS opposes democracy and has consistently demanded a dictatorship. Golwalkar, in 1940, declared, “RSS inspired by one flag [saffron], one leader and one ideology.” [M. S. Golwalkar, Shri Guruji Samagra Darshan (collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi), Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, Nagpur, n.d., Volume I, p. 11.]

3. Should we forget what happened to the Muslims of Gujarat under the RSS’s proxy rule? “Daughters were gang-raped in front of their fathers and then had their heads bashed in. Their fathers were doused with petrol and set on fire. Their property was looted. Their businesses were destroyed. And the police stood by and did nothing.” [Hindustan Times, New Delhi, March 21, 2002.]

4. For the RSS, Indian Muslims and Christians are ‘internal threats’ number one and two, respectively.

5. Golwalkar’s Bunch of Thoughts has a long chapter titled ‘Internal Threats’, in which Muslim and Christian citizens of India are described as threats number one and two, respectively. Golwalkar says that Muslim citizens should be treated with perpetual suspicion.

6. Of Christians, Golwalkar says that the community is “out to demolish not only the religious and social fabric of our life”. [Ibid., p. 193.]

7. It is under the RSS’s ideology that Muslims are being subjected to Hindu law in the name of the UCC. Christians are being targeted in the name of draconian “anti-conversion” laws. Not to forget the severe abuse of laws such as the UAPA. My request to Bhagwat is that he should just recite choice extracts from the poisonous works of Savarkar, Hedgewar, Golwalkar, etc. Let people decide what they make of the RSS.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat says, “If any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslim in Bharat, he will not remain Hindu.”
This is the oldest trick in the RSS playbook: some words are for the world, and some are for its own members. The RSS has never disavowed its key thinkers and…
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 30, 2026