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	The '''Rashtriya Sikh Sangat''' ("National Sikh Association") is an India-based [[Sikhism\|Sikh]] affiliate of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh\|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)]],		The '''Rashtriya Sikh Sangat''' ("National Sikh Association") is an India-based [[Sikhism\|Sikh]] affiliate of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh\|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)]],

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The '''Rashtriya Sikh Sangat''' ("National Sikh Association") is an India-based [[Sikhism|Sikh]] affiliate of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)]],

With about 450 units predominantly in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.<ref name="Dogra"/> Rashtriya Sikh Sangat was inspired (started) by the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] organization [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and has aimed to unite Hindus and Sikhs.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sanjeev Kelkar|title=Lost Years of the RSS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNiGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|year=2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0762-0|pages=181–182}}</ref>

In 2014, the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat re-elected Gurcharan Singh Gill as its president.<ref name="Dogra"/>

==Controversies==
The Akal Takht issued a [http://santsipahi.org/rss-exposed-by-sant-sipahi-magazine/ Hukam Nama (an edict) to the Sikh community in 2004] to not lend support to this organization as it does not represent Sikh interests. The edict stands, even now.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/akal-takht-asks-sikh-community-to-keep-distance-from-rss-event/1173419 |title = Akal Takht asks Sikh community to keep distance from RSS event}}</ref>

In 2004, the leader of the [[Akal Takht]] declared that the organization to be "anti-Sikh" and "anti-panthic".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/10/14/anti-panthic-outfit-rashtriya-sikh-sangat-resumes-activities-sgpc-jathedars-go-silent/ |title = Anti-Panthic Outfit Rashtriya Sikh Sangat Resumes its Activities, SGPC, Jathedars Go Silent|date = 14 October 2017}}</ref> It forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it.<ref name="Dogra">{{cite news|last1=Dogra|first1=Chander Suta|title=Ex-militants to riot package: RSS reaches out to Punjab via Sikh arm|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ex-militants-to-riot-package-rss-reaches-out-to-punjab-via-sikh-arm/|access-date=16 January 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=17 December 2014}}</ref> [[Akal Takht|The Akal Takht]], (the supreme temporal body of the Sikh community worldwide) reiterated the ban again in 2019 and is seen as an attempt by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to promote [[Hindutva]], to Sikhs and an attempt to assimilate (, match and absorb) Sikhs into Hinduism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akal Takht Chief Calls For RSS to Be Banned|url=https://thewire.in/religion/akal-takht-chief-giani-harpreet-singh-rss-ban|access-date=2020-07-04|website=The Wire}}</ref>

==Attacks on its Leaders==

In 2009, [[Babbar Khalsa]], a Khalistani militant organization assassinated [[Rulda Singh]], the then president of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, in [[Patiala]].<ref name="Dogra"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101214/punjab.htm#1| title= Rulda Singh's killers to stand trial in UK, British police team arrives to collect evidence|work=tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Sikh politics}}
{{Sangh Parivar}}

[[Category:Religious organisations based in India]]
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[[Category:1986 establishments in India]]
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