Responding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent tweet alleging RSS spreading hatred, RSS leader Dr M Vaidya on September 12, criticised Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, stating that they want to connect people to hatred and went on to assert that Rahul's father and grandfather tried to stop the RSS. 'They want to connect people to hatred. They've harboured hatred for us for a long time now. Their father and grandfather tried to stop the RSS but the RSS did not stop and kept growing as we continued to get support from people,' said Vaidya.