The Congress party has made an open call to put a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), stating that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel wanted to ban the organisation after the assassination of former PM Indira Gandhi. Making an address on the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, the Iron Man of India, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said if PM Narendra Modi respects the views of Sardar Patel, then RSS should be banned.

“These are my personal views and I openly say that there should be one (a ban on the RSS). If the PM respects the views presented by Vallabhbhai Patel, this should be done. All the wrongs in the country and all law & order issues here are due to BJP and RSS,” Kharge said.

He said Patel, along with the Iron Lady of India, Indira Gandhi put every possible effort to maintain

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