German ambassador meets RSS 'leader of militant organisation'

 Walter J Lindner

Germany's ambassador to India, Walter J Lindner, met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat at the RSS headquarters in Nagpore on Wednesday.

He also visited the ancestral home of Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the late RSS founder, the Sangh said on Twitter, reported PTI.

In June last year, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has classified two of RSS' subordinate Hindu groups - Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal  as “militant religious outfits” in its CIA World Factbook.

The CIA Factbook also included RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat and VHP’s Pravin Togadia among those who lead “numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organisations.