Ex-bureaucrats urge withdrawal of RSS joining order

New Delhi, NT Bureau: The Constitutional Conduct Group, a group of former civil servants, on Friday urged the Centre to withdraw its order lifting a 58-year-old ban on government employees being members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

In a letter, the group said that the enforcement of the order would cause “enormous detriment” to the soul of the Constitution.

The ban was lifted by the Centre on July 9. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindutva group, is the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

It has been banned three times since Independence. Critics say it promotes Hindu supremacy and intolerance of minorities.