RSS A PRIMER: Hindu Nationalist agenda against Indian Constitution

by Ram Puniyani

India’s political scenario has been drastically changing,particularly in the last three decades. From the decade of 1980s, identity issues have got the better of issues related to various problems of this world. After Shah Bano judgement was bypassed by an Act of Parliament, the Hindu Right led by RSS came into full force to take up the issue of Ram Temple. With the implementation of Mandal Commission, the Hindu Right got a further shot in the arm andnplanned to demolish the Babri Mosque unleashing communal violence all over the country. The rising communalization polarized the society along religious lines. This formed the increasing electoral strength of Hindu Right. BJP went on from strength to strength, capturing power in the Centre first with less than a majority in Lok Sabha and then with simple majority in 2014 and 2019. Simultaneously, the strength of the RSS too went on rising.

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2019

About the author

Ram Puniyani (born 25 August 1945) is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He began his medical career in 1973 and served IIT in various capacities for 27 years, beginning 1977. He has been involved with human rights activities and initiatives to oppose Hindu fundamentalism in India and is currently the President of the Executive Council of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS).