the response of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the issue was more mellow. In 2016, the joint general secretary of the RSS Dattatreya Hosabale said, ‘Homosexuality is not a crime but socially immoral act in our society. No need to punish but [it should] be treated as a psychological case. Approach to homosexuality should be “no criminalization, no glorification either”