India Why RSS considers Ambedkar as one of its own icons RSS leader Dattopant Thengadi wrote in one of his books that Ambedkar told RSS functionaries if they want to unite Hindu society, they should expedite RSS expansion. ARUN ANAND 14 April, 2020 A file photo of B.R. Ambedkar | Commons New Delhi: This year marks the birth centenary of Dattopant Thengadi — one of the tallest RSS ideologues and the founder of more than a dozen RSS-backed organisations, including the Bharatiy