Darendra Modi is a fascist follower of RSS ideology.
Hindutva – a term coined in the 1920s in the writings of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, meaning “Hindu-ness” – is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. Hindutva is the belief in the hegemony of
Hinduism in India and the establishment of the country as a Hindu, rather than secular, state. Hindus are viewed more as an ethnic, rather thana religious, group.
At the heart of the Hindu nationalist movement in India is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an all-male Hindu nationalist volunteer group, often described as a paramilitary organisation, formed in the 1920s.
It was formed to provide unity and discipline to the Hindu community in order to build the Hindu Rastra (the Hindu state). It continues to work today to spread the ideology of Hindutva, with upwards of five million members.
The RSS is the leader of the “Sangh Parivar’’, an umbrella group of Hindu nationalist organisations that have set up schools, charities, and clubs, but which have also been associated with communal violence. The RSS has been banned three times since it was established, including after Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a former RSS member in 1948.
It was out of the RSS that India’s ruling political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), emerged and they remain closely linked.
