Not Right To Call RSS A 'Sangh Parivar', Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Explains

The Wayanad MP had earlier blamed RSS' "vicious propaganda" as the cause behind alleged harassment of Kerala nuns in Uttar Pradesh.

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi (File Photo: PTI)

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched another attack against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the alleged harassment of Kerala nuns in Uttar Pradesh.

The Wayanad MP had blamed RSS' "vicious propaganda" as the cause behind the incident.

"The attack in UP on nuns from Kerala is a result of the vicious propaganda run by the Sangh Parivar to pitch one community against another and trample the minorities. Time for us as a nation to introspect and take corrective steps to defeat such divisive forces," he had written on Wednesday.

In another tweet today, the former Congress president attacked RSS again writing that the organisation and its associated groups should not be called 'Sangh Parivar' because a family has women, respect for elders, compassion and affection, and the organisation has none of these.

His tweet in Hindi translates to: "I believe it is not right to call the RSS and associated organizations Sangh Parivar -- there are women in the family, there is respect for the elderly, a sense of compassion and affection -- which is not there in the RSS".

The case was reported from Jhansi wherein four nuns including two postulants were removed from a train allegedly by a group of Bajrang Dal activists over the unfound accusations of forced religious conversion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured strict legal action against those who allegedly harassed the nuns. Speaking at a poll rally, he said "Those involved in the Jhansi nuns harassment incident will be brought before the law. I want to assure the people of Kerala that the culprits behind this incident will be brought to justice at the earliest."