The Rashtriya Swaysevak Sangh initially did not recognise the Constitution of India , strongly criticising it because the Indian Constitution made no mention of " Manu 's laws " from the ancient Hindu text '' Manusmriti '' . When the Constituent Assembly finalised the constitution , the RSS mouthpiece , the '' Organiser '' , complained in an editorial dated 30 November 1949 : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh did not stop its unrelenting attacks on this issue , and criticised B. R. Ambedkar 's public pronouncements that the new constitution would give equality to all castes . On 6 February 1950 the '' Organizer '' carried another article , titled " Manu Rules our Hearts " , written by a retired High Court Judge named Sankar Subba Aiyar , that reaffirmed their support for the '' Manusmriti '' as the final lawgiving authority for Hindus , rather than the Constitution of India . It stated : The RSS ' opposition to , and vitriolic attacks against , the Constitution of India continued post-independence . In 1966 Golwalkar , in his book titled '' Bunch of Thoughts '' asserted : Following Mahatma Gandhi 's assassination in January 1948 by a former member of the RSS , Nathuram Godse , many prominent leaders of the RSS were arrested , and RSS as an organisation was banned on 4 February 1948 . A Commission of Inquiry into Conspiracy to the murder of Gandhi was set , and its report was published by India 's Ministry of Home Affairs in the year 1970 . Accordingly , the Justice Kapur Commission noted that the " RSS as such were not responsible for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi , meaning thereby that one could not name the organisation as such as being responsible for that most diabolical crime , the murder of the apostle of peace . It has not been proved that they ( the accused ) were members of the RSS . " However , the then Indian Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister , Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had remarked that the " RSS men expressed joy and distributed sweets after Gandhi 's death "
Mahatma Gandhi 's assassination
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh