Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian Hindutva paramilitary organisation

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS; lit. 'National Volunteer Union' or 'National Volunteer Corps') is an Indian right-wing Hindutva volunteer paramilitary organisation. It is the progenitor and leader of a large body of Hindutva organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family"), which has developed a presence in all facets of Indian society and includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling political party under Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India. Mohan Bhagwat currently serves as the sarsanghchalak (transl. Supreme Leader – transl. Chief) of the RSS, with Dattatreya Hosabale serving as the sarkaryavah (transl. General Secretary).

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