Over one hundred British Hindu groups welcomed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to London. He arrived for the final leg of his three-nation outreach tour. UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis confirmed his visit met immigration rules. Some civil society groups had appealed for a boycott of the RSS leader. Bhagwat is expected to address a large diaspora gathering this weekend.

The civil society organisations described the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a ‘militarist group which drew explicit inspiration from European fascism’.

They say Mohan Bhagwat’s visit ‘will embolden RSS affiliates in the UK to promulgate hate speech, further polarise the Indian diaspora, and create an environment of fear and…