RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday said that the Constitution does not allow religion-based quota in the country. 

While talking to reporters on the concluding day of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, Dattatreya Hosabale said,” Baba Saheb Ambedkar authored the Constitution and religion-based quota is not accepted in the Constitution. If anyone is doing so, it is against the wishes of our Constitution architect.”

He gave examples that it was previously attempted by undivided Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra but the country’s Supreme Court and High Courts had set aside. 

Hosabale also spoke on the ongoing Aurangzeb controversy. He said,  “There have been a lot of incidents in the past. There was an ‘Aurangzeb Road’ in Delhi, which was renamed Abdul Kalam Road. There was some reason behind it. Aurangzeb’s brother, Dara Shikoh, was not made a hero. Those who advocate the Ganga-Jamuni culture never thought of bringing Dara Shikoh forward. Are we going to iconize someone who was against the ethos of India, or are we going to go with those who worked according to the traditions of this land?… If the freedom fighting is done against Britishers, then it is a freedom fight. The fight against those who were before them (Britishers) was also a freedom movement. What Maharana Pratap did was fight for freedom. If there are people with an invader mentality, then they are a danger to the country… We have to decide whom we are going to associate with the ethos of our country… It is not about religion… This is RSS’s firm view.”