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The move drew criticism from the Congress and AIMIM. (File)
On July 9, 2024, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) issued a new office memorandum removing the mention of RSS from the order of 1966. The new office memorandum only prohibited civil servants from joining Jamaat-e-Islami
Revoking its 1966 order, the Central government now allows civil servants to join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
An office memorandum issued on July 9 revoked an order issued on November 30, 1966, which prohibited civil servants from participating in organizations engaged in political activities. The order of 1966 states: “The undersigned is directed to invite the attention of the ministry of finance and others to the provisions of sub-rule (i) of rule 5 of the central service (acts) rules, 1964 where no civil servant is a member. of or have any association with any political party or organization that is or will be involved in politics, subscribing to aid or assisting any political movement or activity in any way.”
He added, “Since there are certain doubts about the government’s policy regarding the membership and participation in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh and Jamaat-e-Islami by government officials, it is clear that the government has always held the activities of these two organizations to be such that participation in people by civil servants will draw attention to the Central Civil Service Rules of Conduct.”
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Citing service conduct rules, the order states that government officials, who are “members or associated with the organization or with its activities shall be subject to disciplinary action”. notification of government employees working under or under him”.
The order was reiterated on July 25, 1970 and October 28, 1980. The order has been in place since then. Even in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and in the last two terms of the Modi government, the ban on civil servants joining the RSS continued.
However, on July 9, 2024, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) issued a new office memorandum stating, “The order has been reviewed and it has been decided to remove the mention of RSS from the impugned order.”
The new office memorandum only prohibits civil servants from joining Jamaat-e-Islami.
What is happening with the violation of the law is now regulated as the tension between the G2 and the RSS ratchets up. https://t.co/gTXSHw0Hky— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 21, 2024
MP Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly protested against the move. originally refused to accept the constitution, national flag & national anthem Every RSS member took an oath that made Hindutva higher than the nation if he was a member of the RSS .
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in his post on X, asked whether India’s “steel frame” – the bureaucracy – would rust after this decision. “After the assassination of Gandhiji in February 1948, Sardar Patel banned the RSS. After this, the Ban was lifted because of the assurance of good conduct, the RSS never raised the tricolor in Nagpur in 1966 to impose a ban. After June 4, 2024, the relationship between self-proclaimed non-biological The Prime Minister has flared On July 9, 2024, the 58-year ban has been lifted in place even during the term of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister, I believe that the bureaucracy can now be short,” he said in X.
