Nagpur: Activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he had never sought RSS's support and Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat should not have declared support to his anti-corruption movement. "I do not personally know RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, I have never met him," he said in reply to a reporter's question here, adding Bhagwat should not have said that RSS supported his movement. Hazare has been accused by some Congress leaders of...
01:25 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Murmurs of BJP President Nitin Gadkari getting another term have been growing louder as the RSS top brass continues to repose its faith in him and is happy that he is leaving no stone unturned in improving the party's prospects in Assembly elections since he took over. Gadkari, who will complete his three-year term in December 20121, has led BJP from the front in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh...
06:42 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Patna: The RSS on Sunday rapped Gandhian leader Anna Hazare for his stoic silence in acknowledging the fact that the Sangh workers had actively taken part in the latter's nationwide crusade against corruption last year. "It is a fact that the Sangh workers in individual capacity did play an active role in the anti-corruption crusade by the civil society headed by Hazare... It baffles me as to whay the former...
04:04 PM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday denied RSS' claims of the sangh parivaar supporting Anna's movement. Reacting to RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement, Anna said, "I have no relations with the RSS." Anna also blamed UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi and others of targeting him. Anna stated, "Everybody knows what Anna is. I don't need the RSS." Bhagwat on Wednesday had said that they supported the anti-corruption movement launched...
02:39 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Kolkata: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that they supported the anti-corruption movement launched by social activist Anna Hazare. "We support Anna. Many of our workers have joined his movement. We haven't asked them to support neither have we stopped them," Bhagwat said in Kolkata on Wednesday. He said that the RSS has been trying to create good people who can lead a corruption-free life. "If...
10:31 AM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Activist Anna Hazare has vehemently denied the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) role in his anti-corruption agitation after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat claimed that the saffron group has spearheaded it. But Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, who has in the past alleged openly about Anna Hazare and RSS link, said he has been vindicated by Bhagwat's statement. Reacting to Bhagwat, Anna Hazare, the face of anti-corruption drive, claimed that...
03:28 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Ahead of his proposed yatra against corruption, senior BJP leader LK Advani is meeting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur on Wednesday. Advani is meeting Mohan Bhagwat ostensibly to seek his support and allay apprehensions about his future plans, party sources said. The RSS has not been too happy with Advani's proposed Yatra against Corruption as they feel he took this decision without consulting them. Sources also indicate...
08:28 AM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday extended support for social activist Anna Hazare's August 16 fast. Team Anna will go ahead with fast for a strong Lokpal Bill despite being denied permission by the Delhi Police. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said that they support Anna Hazare's fast. The Delhi police rejected the undertaking given by Team Anna on Monday after they refused to accept some of the...
07:19 PM, Aug 15, 2011
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday night lashed at the Centre for its midnight crackdown on protesters, including women and children, at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, while admitting that it "extended" support to yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation. "The RSS was not behind the stir launched by Ramdev seeking repatriation of the black money stashed illegally in foreign banks but have extended all support to it (agitation)," RSS chief...
10:35 PM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: It’s not just the Indo-Pak diplomacy that has been affected by Aseemanad’s confession statements. RSS too is feeling the embarrassment. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat spoke out on Monday in an effort to distance the Sangh from reported acts of terror. He said that radical elements in the Sangh were acted against and told that the bomb for bomb kind of aggression was unacceptable to the organisation. Confessions by...
09:23 PM, Jan 10, 2011
New Delhi: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat virtually admitted for the first time that there were radical elements within the Sangh. He also slammed the Congress for linking Hindu groups with extremism. He blamed the ruling party of diverting attention from all the corruption cases. Admitting that there was existence of radical elements in RSS, Bhagwat said, "The government says all these suspects were outside the Sangh when they indulged in...
09:08 AM, Jan 10, 2011
New Delhi: Ahead of the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid title suit, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that the row can be resolved if Muslims allow a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. "A nation's identity is based on Ram. There is a lot of suspicion in society. Issues can be solved by building Ram temple. If a Muslim supports building temple, no one...
02:34 PM, Sep 14, 2010
"All Indians can earn livelihood anywhere in India," said Bhagwat. ...
11:49 AM, Jan 31, 2010
Babri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992. ...
01:12 PM, Dec 05, 2009
RSS chief denies reports that he is guiding leadership change in party. ...
08:37 PM, Nov 14, 2009
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