Salman Khan's attendance at the RSS centenary celebrations and Mohan Bhagwat's praise of him were projected as outreach to Muslims, yet such symbolic gestures cannot mask the structural violence and Hindutva extremism that continues to target religious minorities in India.
India's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the ruling BJP and described as the world's largest far-right network, operates as an unregistered 'body of individuals' a century after its founding, shielding its finances and structure from legal scrutiny. This strategic opacity, defending itself through a complex web of affiliates, is a brazen affront to democratic accountability and transparency, serving as a potent tool for an organization whose ultimate aim is the radical transformation of India's constitutional secular order.
