The ideologies of the RSS and B.R. Ambedkar can be called two opposite poles of the Indian political spectrum. While Ambedkar stood for the annihilation of caste, struggled for democratic values and marched towards social justice, the RSS stands for the status quo and the revival of the hierarchical value system of pre-modern times.
It is ironic that despite these core contradictions, RSS ideologues try to make a show of paying respect to Ambedkar in various forums, including celebrating his birth anniversary. So in a way, it was not surprising when RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in his annual Vijyadashami speech on October 24 called upon his followers to read speeches of Ambedkar, particularly the last two speeches delivered by him in the Constituent Assembly. Bhagawat went to the extent of putting Ambedkar in the same category as RSS founder and first sarsanghchalak (chief) K.B. Hedgewar
Ambedkar was totally opposed to the concept of a Hindu Nation. “If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will, no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country.… Hindu Raj must be prevented at any cost,” he wrote in Pakistan or the Partition of India (1946, pages 354-355). He was against majoritarianism, which in the Indian context meant the unbridled rule of the majority community, the Hindus. This is the current dominant ideology of the RSS led by Bhagwat as Narendra Modi has come forward to defend it by asking what is wrong with majoritarianism.