The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) moved the Madras High Court on Monday, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government and the Director-General of Police to permit its members to carry out a procession in their uniform, led by a musical band, from a hall to a ground in Manjakuppam in Cuddalore district on October 2, and to conduct a public meeting at the ground.
The petition was filed by S. Shanmugasundaram, a joint secretary of the RSS, Cuddalore district.
Mr. Shanmugasundaram submitted that the RSS was not a banned organisation. According to him, the RSS was a “patriotic, nationalistic and cultural organisation patronised by the majority of people of our nation”. He said the procession was being permitted by the respective governments all over India, including in Jammu and Kashmir.
