RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said BJP and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) function independently and are not remote-controlled by RSS. “Don't try to understand RSS through BJP or VHP…While the Sangh develops Swayamsevaks, it never remote controls them,” he said. “They make their own decisions and work with people, including non Swayamsevaks in different areas and in varied ways,” Bhagwat said.