Claim

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is not a signatory to the pro-peace letter, and the panelist claiming otherwise is lying.

“Mohan Bhagavat is a signatory to the letter? You are a liar. Please don't talk like that. Should I read out the signatories to the letter?”

Rationale

The 'pro-peace letter' is the July 2026 Centre for Peace and Progress open appeal to PMs Modi and Sharif, signed by 117 eminent citizens (61 Indian, 56 Pakistani), mostly opposition politicians, academics and activists. Multiple sources listing the signatories name figures like Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Mani Shankar Aiyar and AS Dulat, but none include RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, whose signing such a letter would be ideologically implausible. Arnab's factual assertion that Bhagwat is not a signatory is therefore correct; the 'liar' remark is a rhetorical characterization of the panelist, but the underlying verifiable claim is accurate.

Evidence

• https://www.opindia.com/2026/07/read-who-are-the-indian-signatories-of-the-aman-ki-asha-letter-to-the-pms-of-india-and-pakistan/ Lists the Indian signatories of the July 2026 Centre for Peace and Progress / Aman ki Asha peace letter to PMs Modi and Sharif — Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mani Shankar Aiyar, AS Dulat, Manoj Jha, Saifuddin Soz, John Dayal, Apoorvanand, Jawhar Sircar, Humayun Kabir, etc. Mohan Bhagwat does not appear. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://organiser.org/2026/07/02/360613/bharat/why-the-jk-proposal-in-60-member-india-pak-letter-is-triggering-alarm-bells/ Describes the ~60 Indian signatories as activists, academics and public figures; RSS chief Bhagwat is not named as a signatory. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/an-open-letter-from-117-eminent-india-pak-citizens-to-modi-sharif-1092663 Reports the open letter had 117 signatories (61 Indian, 56 Pakistani), naming opposition politicians and public figures; no RSS/BJP leadership among them, no mention of Bhagwat. ✓ reachable · archived