The RSS Chief's Visit to the US Denounced as 'Goodwill Tour' for Hindu Nationalism Protests are brewing outside Madison Square Garden, where Mohan Bhagwat, leader of India's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is set to deliver a keynote address at the Universal Oneness Celebration.
Beneath its façade of unity and oneness lies a calculated effort by Hindu nationalists to expand their influence in the United States, where an estimated 2. 5 million Hindus reside.
Critics argue that Bhagwat's appearance is part of a goodwill tour aimed at whitewashing the RSS's record of communal violence against India's minority populations.