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“RSS doesn't need registration; Hindu Dharma doesn't need to be registered. RSS is not secretive; we openly tell people about the Sangh. The government is aware of the RSS & hasn't asked us to register in 100 years." —Mohan Bhagwat Nobody is above the law, not even the Prime...

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A must watch video on the opaque status and funding of RSS and why its decision to hire lobbyists in the US poses risks. Pooja Prasanna TheNewsMinute Dhanya Rajendran ▪️ 𝐑𝐒𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 • January 16, 2025: Squire Patton Boggs, registered as a lobbying firm for RSS • Lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, registered for RSS indirectly through One Plus Strategies • January - September 2025: Squire Patton Boggs was paid $330,000 • Firm registered this under Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and not through Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) • LDA less transparent. FARA is stricter - needs disclosures of all emails, calls, meetings, transactions • RSS has denied hiring any lobbying firm in the US • June 2025 RSS event: Bob Shuster, founder of One Plus Strategies and Bradford Ellison, an Associate at Squire Patton were present • Historian Audrey Truschke has confirmed that she was contacted by lobbyists to gather information • Lobbyists told the historian that they were retained by RSS to ‘educate law makers’ • Since RSS has denied retaining the lobbying firms, will they take legal action against these firms for pretending to representing them? ▪️𝐑𝐒𝐒: 𝐎𝐏𝐀𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 • Not registered in India since its foundation in 1925 • It’s not a society, not a trust, not an NGO, not a company • Recently Mohan Bhagwat said RSS is a body of individuals • Body of Individuals (BOI), incorporated or not is treated as a person under Income Tax Act of 1961 • RSS has changed identities in the past. Before Income Tax Dept it claimed to be a charitable institution, before the Charity Commissioner it called itself a political institution, it has claimed to be a cultural and educational institutional, and very recently Bhagwat claimed RSS is a body of individuals ▪️𝐑𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐘 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 • In 1970s when income tax raised a demand RSS said it wasn’t earning any profit but was getting money through Guru Dakshina (donations) • But if RSS is a Body of Individuals whose source of revenue is Guru Dakshina how did it manage to hire a US lobbyist and send money overseas? • Former Secy, E.A.S. Sarma has urged CBDT and ED to probe RSS's lobbying in US • How can RSS which is not registered in India and is funded by donations or "Guru Dakshina" can pay $330,000 for lobbying in the US • If RSS denies hiring lobbying firms then is a foreign entity impersonating the RSS? • Or is the RSS is operating abroad financially without any disclosures? ▪️𝐑𝐒𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐘𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐘 • What exactly are lobbyists hired by RSS doing? • When govt officials lobby there is diplomacy, when a political party lobbies there is political influence • But when an unregistered ideological organisation tied to the ruling party lobbies abroad it poses risks • There is a risk that US lawmakers will have a biased view and understanding of Indian politics, minority rights, democratic practices through the prism of the RSS

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