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The '''Rashtriya Sikh Sangat''' is an arm of the [[Hindutva|Hindu-nationalist]] [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in India.<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/|accessdate=16 January 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=17 December 2014}}</ref> It was formed on 24 November 1986.<ref name="RSS">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.sangatsansar.com/index3.asp?sslid=1233&subsublinkid=973&langid=1|publisher=Rashtriya Sikh Sangat|accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref> It had 450 units as of 2014, of which 15 were in the state of [[Punjab (Indian state)|Punjab]].<ref name="Dogra"/> The RSS has attempted to portray Sikhs as [[Hinduism|Hindus]]; in 2012, RSS leader [[K. S. Sudarshan]] stated that Sikhs are in fact reformed Hindus.<ref name="Zee News">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/news/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8/147663|title=मानव एकात्मवाद के प्रतीक थे के.एस. सुदर्शन|date=15 September 2012|work=Zee News|accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref> A 2002 claim by RSS that "Sikhs are Hindus" led to an outcry among Sikhs.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rambachan |first=Anantanand |authorlink=Anantanand Rambachan |title=The Co-existence of Violence and Non-Violence in Hinduism |journal=The Ecumenical Review |volume=55 |page=2003 |url=http://www.wou.edu/~khes/geog451/hindu_violence.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=4 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226232713/http://www.wou.edu/~khes/geog451/hindu_violence.pdf |archivedate=February 26, 2008 }}</ref> In 2004 the leader of the [[Akal Takht]] stated that the Sangat was "Anti-Sikh", and forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it.<ref name="Dogra" />  
The '''Rashtriya Sikh Sangat''' is an arm of the right-wing Hindu-nationalist [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in India. A 2002 claim by RSS that "Sikhs are Hindus" led to an outcry among Sikhs.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rambachan |first=Anantanand |authorlink=Anantanand Rambachan |title=The Co-existence of Violence and Non-Violence in Hinduism |journal=The Ecumenical Review |volume=55 |page=2003 |url=http://www.wou.edu/~khes/geog451/hindu_violence.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=4 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226232713/http://www.wou.edu/~khes/geog451/hindu_violence.pdf |archivedate=February 26, 2008 }}</ref> In 2004 the leader of the [[Akal Takht]] stated that the Sangat was "Anti-Sikh", and forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it.<ref name="Dogra" />  
 
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The Rashtriya Sikh Sangat is an arm of the right-wing Hindu-nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in India. A 2002 claim by RSS that "Sikhs are Hindus" led to an outcry among Sikhs.[1] In 2004 the leader of the Akal Takht stated that the Sangat was "Anti-Sikh", and forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it.[2]

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