RSS A Terrorist Organisation, Should Be Banned: Lucknow Maulana Tauqeer Raza's Shocker

Lucknow: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a terrorist organisation and should be banned if the government wants peace in the country, said Lucknow Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan while speaking on Modi government's Waqf Board Amendment Bill 2024.

Tauqeer Raza Khan is an Indian politician, Islamic cleric and founder of the Ittehad-E-Millat Council, a political party based in Uttar Pradesh.

Making these shocking remarks, Tauqeer Raza also said that organisations like RSS and Bajrang Dal should be banned.

RSS remains committed to 'Nation First' 

On Monday, the RSS said as the Sangh completes 100 years, it remains committed to its core principle - 'nation first'.

Sunil Ambekar, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, said this in response to a query about whether there was a lack of coordination among Sangh-inspired organisations, including the BJP.

"RSS is completing 100 years (in 2025). So it is a long journey," he said.

Ambekar said in this journey, one thing that has remained constant was its commitment to nation first.

"This has been our approach, and every swayam sevak has believed in it," he said after concluding the three-day national coordination meeting of RSS-inspired organisations.

Ambekar said that in a long journey, functional matters inevitably arise, but the organisation has a mechanism to overcome these issues.

"We have both formal and informal meetings that take place regularly," Ambekar said.

"If you look at our 100-year history, that in itself is the answer to these questions," he added.

Asked about BJP president JP Nadda's statement during the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls that the party has grown from the time it needed the RSS and is now capable of running its own affairs, Ambekar said, “Other issues will be resolved. This is a family matter.”

To a question whether all is well in the family, he replied, “Of course.”

With inputs from PTI