31/10/2025
India’s National Volunteer Organisation, or RSS, is a millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group which forms the ideological and organisational backbone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power since 2014.
At the heart of its vision is "Hindutva": the belief that Hindus represent not only a religious group but are India's true national identity.
Critics accuse it of eroding the rights of India's Muslim minority and undermining the secular constitution.