The SRFTI Student Union in a statement admitted that it was them who went to the auditorium to protest over the RSS-affiliated body organising a program without their permission and created ruckus.
The SFI members claimed that the ABGP members raised ‘provocative’ slogans at SRFTI, while the ABGP members said that the SFI-affiliated individuals tore down posters, disrupted the programme and assaulted its members.
100 US Republican and Democrat politicians have signed a Hindus for Human Rights Action and SACRED Acts pledge to refuse donations from RSS supporters.
On 31st August, Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district representative, Jim McGovern, published an X post amplifying a propaganda article authored by former USCIRF chairs Stephen Schneck and Nadine Maenza. Jim McGovern claimed that RSS contributed to making discrimination and violence against religious ‘minorities’ mainstream in India.
American Hindu organisation American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue (AHEAD), which is organising RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s upcoming event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, has seen its X account handle suspended ahead of the programme.