On Congress Chief M Kharge's RSS Ban Demand, Amit Shah's Counter

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, which is in its centenary year, has given this country two very popular prime ministers, said Home Minister Amit Shah, countering Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's demand to ban the organisation.

"But he (M Kharge) didn't give any reason. We all know that the RSS is an organisation that has inspired millions of youth like me to make the country a better place. It has instilled values of patriotism and discipline. And we should also see that two people who came out of RSS have become the Prime Ministers of this country. And perhaps both of them (Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi) will be considered as one of the best Prime Ministers of this country," Amit Shah told NDTV's Editor-in-Chief and CEO Rahul Kanwal at Bihar Power Play conclave in Patna on Saturday.

The RSS is the ideological parent of the BJP whose cadre are indispensable in the party's election efforts.

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