Overview
- US lobbying disclosures show Squire Patton Boggs received $120,000, $100,000 and $110,000 across the first three quarters of 2025 from One+ Strategies (also listed as One+ Advisers) for work that lists the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as the client.
- The filings describe the mandate as introducing the RSS to US officials, and ThePrint reports SPB was engaged on 3 March via State Street Strategies for work framed as promoting US–India relations.
- RSS spokesperson Sunil Ambekar said the organisation has not engaged any lobbying firm in the United States, directly disputing the public disclosures.
- Squire Patton Boggs also served earlier this year as a subcontractor to Orchid Advisers on a registered effort for the government of Pakistan, a connection Congress leader Jairam Ramesh cited in alleging the RSS had compromised national interest.
- The registrations were filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act rather than FARA, and reporters note uncertainty over who directly contracted the firms and whether any legal exemptions apply.