Centre lifts decades-old ban on government officials joining RSS
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The Centre has revoked a longstanding prohibition that barred government employees from engaging in activities organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh—the ideological fount of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The order issued July 9 said, "Decided to remove...Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh...from the impugned OMS dated November 30, 1966, July 25, 1970, and October 28, 1980." Notably, this ban was imposed after an anti-cow-slaughter protest at Parliament on November 7, 1966—which was supported by both the RSS and the Jana Sangh.