BENGALURU, 16 AUG

BJP hit back at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing the RSS as the “world’s biggest NGO” during his Independence Day speech. 

"It's no surprise CM Siddaramaiah jumps at every chance to attack the RSS. It's not conviction - it's compulsion. It's not ideology - it's insurance. It's not belief - it's survival," Opposition Leader R Ashoka said on X. It was a “guarantee solution” for Siddaramaiah to save his chair, he said.

He claimed that Siddaramaiah attacks the RSS to impress the Gandhi family and prove loyalty to the Congress High Command, to keep the CM chair safe from the factional knives in his own party, and to distract from his government's failures, by demonising an organisation that serves the nation selflessly.

Siddaramaiah had on Friday claimed the RSS is "the world's biggest for-political-profit, for-hate, and most divisive organisation-unregistered, non-tax-paying, and conspiring to pit Indians against each other."