We are not Indian Ku Klux Klan, says RSS leader Hosabale; flags misunderstandings in U.S.

The RSS is not an Indian version of the Ku Klux Klan, the American white supremacist group, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said in Washington, highlighting the organisation’s work across different spheres of society.

Speaking at an interactive session at the New India Conference organised by the Hudson Institute, Mr. Hosabale said there are misconceptions about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) similar to misunderstandings about India in the U.S..

“The narrative that has been built for decades, knowingly or unknowingly as part of an agenda or otherwise, is that RSS is a Hindu supremacist organisation or that it is anti-Christian, anti-minority, anti-development and anti-modernisation,” he said during a discussion with author Walter Russell Mead on Thursday (April 23, 2026).