The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday denied engaging any lobbying firm in the United States, following a report by non-profit newsroom Prism that claimed the organisation had indirectly hired one.
RSS leader Sunil Ambekar said in a post on X that the organisation “works in Bharat” and has “not engaged any lobbying firm in United States of America.”
“Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh works in Bharat and has not engaged any lobbying firm in United States of America”
– Sunil Ambekar
Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh , RSS@editorvskbharat— Sunil Ambekar (@SunilAmbekarM) November 13, 2025
The clarification came after lobbying disclosure statements, reviewed independently by Hindustan Times, showed that the US firm Squire Patton Boggs received $330,000 this year from One+ Advisers, another lobbying outfit, for work carried out “on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.” The disclosures listed the objective of the contract as efforts to “introduce the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh” to US officials.
The RSS hired law firm Squire Patton Boggs to lobby for it in America
The RSS paid SPG $330,000 just this year
The funny thing?
SPG is also currently lobbying for Pakistan pic.twitter.com/U9WQTYKYxM
— Shashank Mattoo (@MattooShashank) November 13, 2025
It is, however, unclear from the documents who hired the lobbying firms. Both One+ Advisers and Squire Patton Boggs had not responded to HT’s requests for comment at the time of publication. Squire Patton Boggs is also known to lobby on behalf of Pakistan.
The report prompted a political reaction, with Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh alleging that the development marked another instance of the RSS “betraying national interest.”
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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