The Rashtriya Sikh Sangat () is an India-based Sikh affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation.
About With about 450+ ekais (shakas, units) predominantly in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and as also presence in other states. Rashtriya Sikh Sangat was inspired by the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to unite Hindus and Sikh.
List of leaders
No. Leader Photo Term at office 1 Shamsher Singh - 1986 to 1990 (Founder) 2 Chiranjeev Singh 1990 to - 3 Rulda Singh - to 2009 4 Gurcharan Singh Gill 2009 to Present
Assassination of Rulda Singh In 2009, Khalistan Liberation Force and Babbar Khalsa, two Khalistani militant organisations assassinated Rulda Singh, the then president of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, in Patiala.
Controversies The Akal Takht issued a Hukamnama (order) to the Sikh community in 2004 to not lend support to this organisation as it does not represent Sikh interests. The edict stands, even now.
In 2004, the leader of the Akal Takht declared that the organisation to be "anti-Sikh" and "anti-panthic". It forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it. The Akal Takht, (the supreme temporal body of the Sikh community worldwide) reiterated the ban again in 2019 and sees the organisation as an attempt by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to promote Hindutva to Sikhs. and an attempt to assimilate (absorb) Sikhs into Hinduism.
See also
Sangh Parivar Bharatiya Janata Party Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Muslim Rashtriya Manch Keshdhari Hindus Sanatan Sikh Hinduism and Sikhism
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