Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Shalu Yadav and Saraskanth TK
00:31 Muskan Bansal | RSS volunteer
01:39 Narendra Modi | Indian Prime Minister
03:19 Muskan Bansal | RSS volunteer

Script:

Visuals of morning RSS women screaming slogans - ‘Whoever clashes with us, will be destroyed’

VO: Whoever clashes with us, will be destroyed - that’s the slogan of these young members of the women’s wing of RSS - the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. 

Visuals of Muskan singing the prayer/pledge

VO: Leading an RSS prayer pledging allegiance to the idea of a Hindu nation, is 22-year-old Muskan Bansal…

SOT Muskan Bansal, RSS volunteer 
The physical training camp is known as the land of penance. They say the more you involve yourself here, the more you achieve later.

Visuals of Muskan and family celebrating hindu festival of rakshabandhan

VO: Muskan is the third generation of her family in the RSS. It’s their moral and political compass. The threat they see? The 14 percent of India’s population who follow Islam. 

SOT Muskan Bansal, RSS volunteer 
If you look around the world, the majority are Muslims. I have seen many Muslims saying that they will turn this country into a muslim country in a few years. So one should be aware of this threat. 

Visuals of Muskan on a zoom call with RSS women members

VO: The RSS answer to this perceived danger is ‘Hindutva’ - hardline Hindu nationalist ideology. Muskan and other volunteers concentrate on spreading that message. They’re not alone….

Visuals of PM at Red fort this independence day in August

VO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP, is a strong proponent of Hindu nationalism and the RSS, where he was a member in his youth. 

SOT Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister
‘I salute all RSS volunteers who have contributed to this century-long journey of national service. 

Visuals of RSS march drill 

VO: The RSS, its volunteer army, and Hindutva, are no longer on the fringes of Indian society. 

Visuals of inter-faith couple having tea in balcony

VO: That’s reducing tolerance for couples like this. She is Hindu - he’s Muslim. They live in hiding.

SOT (anonymous)
When a Muslim converts to Hinduism, it's called homecoming, but when a Hindu adopts Islam it’s named Love Jihad.

Sunset visuals of inter-faith couple on terrace

VO:  Hindu nationalists have been accused of attacking and even killing Muslim men in such relationships. This couple eloped from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi, hoping to be safe in the more cosmopolitan capital. But they experienced anti-Muslim aggression when looking for help from those who should protect them.  

SOT (anonymous)
While driving me to the police station, the police abused me a lot. They told me - ‘if you had to elope with a girl, why didn't you do so within your own religion, or community?’ They said that I should be paraded naked and made to run barefoot behind their vehicle. It was the first time I hadn't spoken to my partner for so long...breaks down and cries… 
Visuals of Muskan and family at lunch table

VO: RSS volunteers like Muskan and her family want a new Indian constitution - replacing secularism with Hindutva….She doesn't mince words to those who disagree.. 

SOT Muskan Bansal, RSS volunteer 
If you don't like it here then feel free to go to your own country.... whichever country accepts you, go and live there. But if you want to live here, you have to live according to the Hindu laws.
Visuals of a kid in delhi street holding indian flags 

VO: As RSS and Hindutva spread through the country, it’s opening up a battle for the soul of India - a country founded on the principles of democracy and secularism… but now at a crossroad. 

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