Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Thursday defended attending an Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) event held in Nagpur last week, saying he didn’t believe in “ideological untouchability”.

He also praised the Hindutva organisation for its “immense contribution” to the society.

Satyarthi said he would attend events organised even by the outfits affiliated to the Sangh, the ideological mentor of the Bhartiya Janata Party, if invited because his ultimate aim is to make India safer for children, and he believes that Sangh is capable of doing so.