The Rashtriya Sikh Sangat the Sikh wing of the Hindu-nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. It was formed on 24 November 1986. It had 450 units as of 2014, of which 15 were in the state of Punjab. The RSS has attempted to portray Sikhs as Hindus; in 2012, RSS leader K. S. Sudarshan stated that Sikhs are in fact reformed Hindus. A 2002 claim by RSS that "Sikhs are Hindus" led to an outcry among Sikhs. In 2004 the leader of the Akal Takht stated that the Sangat was "Anti-Sikh", and forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it. In 2009, S. Rulda Singh, the president of the Sangat, was assassinated by Khalistani militants belonging to Babbar Khalsa International.
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