During a Karyakarta Vikash Varg of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), RSS leader Tirthanka Das Kalita asserted that India has always been a “Hindu Rashtra” since the time of Dr. Hedgewar and will always remain one, arguing that there is therefore no need to make it a “Hindu Rashtra” again. He stated that the RSS does not compromise on its position that the country is a “Hindu Rashtra.”