SFI Condemns RSS Shakhas held in Universities, Universities Belong to the Students, Not RSS

Student Federation India | 03 October 2025

The Central executive Committee of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) strongly condemns the organisation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shakhas inside public universities, including HCU, Rajasthan University, and JNU. This is a deliberate attempt to hijack and communalise campuses by bringing in RSS and ABVP cadres from outside, threatening student safety and undermining university autonomy.

University administrations, instead of safeguarding academic freedom, are enabling RSS who are known to spread communal venom inside campuses. This is a part of the continuous attack unleashed by the RSS-BJP, on the academic environment based on critical thinking, scientific temperament, and campus democracy. Since the BJP has come to power, students and professors questioning this Sangh-administration nexus are being witch-hunted across the country, while the RSS is given free rein.

As RSS marks 100 years, SFI reiterates the historical role of the RSS as a prominent force against India's freedom struggle, secularism, and pluralism. Figures like Savarkar, who betrayed the cause of independence, and Golwalkar, a Hitler apologist, symbolize its regressive and dangerous ideology.

Allowing RSS into academic spaces is an assault on India's Constitution, culture, and collective memory. Education belongs to the people, not to the RSS which remains a blot on our nation's history. SFI calls upon students, teachers, and democratic voices across the country to come forward to resist the saffronization of education and defend future generations' right to study factual, scientific, inclusive, and secular history.

Released by,

Adarsh M Saji (President, SFI)

Srijan Bhattacharyya (General Secretary, SFI)

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