Pushkar M. Sharma

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s event at Madison Square Garden last week was just the tip of the iceberg of a much larger influence operation in the U.S. that India’s largest Hindu far-right group has run over the past year and a half. The manner in which the influence operation has been conducted includes factually incorrect statements to federal authorities and apparent violations of foreign influence laws, and now new details show how multiple religious leaders were invited to Bhagwat’s events in NYC without being told that he would be there. Despite the RSS terminating their lobbying contract in December 2025 following an investigation by @BiplobKumarDas and me for Prism, the Hindu far-right group has clearly continued its U.S. influence operation in ways that continue to be questionable. Additionally, we report new findings about a five-day RSS training camp in India designed for members of the diaspora to spread the organization’s agenda. The camp, held in December 2025, had more than 170 registrants from the U.S., including board members of Hindu right-wing organizations that claim to not be affiliated with the RSS and its Sangh Parivar. The RSS's American influence operation and the players involved, decoded - reporting with @ArshiiQureshi and edited by @rashmee_kumar, for @prismreports. READ: prismreports.org/2026/09/03/…