“It is a fact that the Sangh workers in individual capacity did play an active role in the anti-corruption crusade by the civil society headed by Hazare... it baffles me as to why the former did not acknowledge the fact,” RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said.

Though the RSS had not directed its workers to join the crusade on corruption, a large number of them did take an active part on their own volition, he said. However, it baffled him when the Gandhian leader did not acknowledge this when the Congress attacked Hazare for soliciting RSS support, Bhagwat said.

Bhagwat, however, clarified that the RSS was not part of the agitation even as it shared similar views and had adopted a resolution on the issue in March last year.

Bhagwat said that corruption could not be addressed merely by taking stringent action against corrupt public service. Other remedies like electoral reforms and making the system a transparent and accountable should also be considered for good governance in the country.