The posting of an RSS Leader as Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research is seen with anxiety by the fraternity of historians. There is fear that RSS ideology and mythology may be reflected in historical facts. A report from Times of India in this respect is re-produced below:

“NEW DELHI: Yellapragada Sudershan Rao, the new chairperson of Indian Council of Historical Research, is an active member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana and heads its Andhra Pradesh chapter. He is currently involved in a project that would fix the date of Mahabharata war.”