Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said it is not right to call the RSS and its associated groups as 'Sangh Parivar', as a family has women, respect for elders, compassion and affection, and the organisation has none of these.
Gandhi's remarks come a day after he said the alleged harassment of nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation in Uttar Pradesh was a result of the Sangh Parivar's "vicious propaganda" to pitch one community against another and trample on minorities.
In a tweet in Hindi on Thursday, he said he will no longer refer to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as 'Sangh Parivar', united family.
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"I believe it is not right to call the RSS and associated organizations Sangh Parivar—there are women in the family, there is respect for the elderly, a sense of compassion and affection—which is not there in the RSS," he said on Twitter.
"Now I will not call RSS 'Sangh Parivar'!" the Congress leader added.