round the time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Ahmedabad after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s massive victory in the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh quietly revived one of the most controversial formulations of MS Golwalkar during its annual conclave in the same city—the one that sought to strip Muslims of their rights as citizens. “Series of dastardly acts revealing communal hysteria, rallies, demonstrations, violation of social discipline, custom and conventions under the guise of the Constitution and religious freedom, inciting violence by instigating meagre causes, promoting illegal activities, etc. is increasing,” the RSS said in its annual report, released during the conclave on 12 March. “There appears to be elaborate plans by a particular
