NEW DELHI, Aug 15: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday said it is “deeply regrettable” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to praise the RSS in his Independence Day speech and called it an organisation with a “dubious historical record”.
In a message greeting the nation on the 79th Independence Day, CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was banned following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and historians have documented the organisation’s role in “inciting communal riots”.
“My heartiest greetings on the 79th Independence Day. India’s journey to freedom from colonial rule was long and arduous. Martyrs like Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Ashfaqullah Khan live in our memories not just today, but every single day,” Baby said in a post on X. (Agencies)
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