New YorkMuslim, Sikh, Christian, Dalit groups protested Bhagwat’s rally.
The rally sells diaspora goodwill while the same minorities face RSS-linked violence in India.
Bhagwat leads the RSS, the paramilitary parent of India’s ruling BJP, at a Madison Square Garden event.
A federal religious-freedom body urged Washington to revoke Bhagwat’s visa this week.
Sources: Al Jazeera Online