Overview
- Over the weekend, Sami posted photos of dining with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a centenary event in Mumbai and praised his host.
- Maharashtra Congress wrote on X that Sami's father, Arshad Sami Khan, was a Pakistan Air Force pilot involved in the 1965 Pathankot attack and labeled the meeting anti-national.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut questioned the message of the gathering and pointed to an actress present who faces a lookout notice, according to PTI reports.
- Responding on X, Sami argued descendants should not be held responsible for forefathers' actions and told his critics to "move on."
- Sami said he is a musician who "spreads love" rather than a politician, and the reports carried no immediate official response from the RSS.