RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat began the week causing a huge controversy after he said there was a motive behind the service Mother Teresa provided to the poor to convert them to Christianity. He said this at the inauguration of an orphanage and a women’s home in Bharatpur. He said that there was a motive behind the work and service provided by Mother Teresa and that motive was conversion. He also said that there are people who want to covert others to Christianity and while that is one thing, to do it under the garb of social service is to devalue that service itself.

Bhagwat’s comments predictably evoked huge debate coming at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith.