RSS is no ISI but a band of patriots, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said as he hit out at the Congress for "behaving like a fish without water after being out of power".


Asking the Congress to indulge in politics within the limits of decency, the former BJP chief said the opposition was trying to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "villain".


"I am a complete RSS worker. I have done struggle...I left studies .. went to jail for nation's cause, PM has been pracharak of RSS....We are patriots... Is it a violation of Constitution or criminal procedure code if someone is of RSS," Gadkari fumed after Congress leader and former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar accused BJP of doing divisive politics in the country at the instance of RSS.


"RSS koi ISI organisation hai kya? (Is RSS an organisation like ISI?)...We take pride in it. Congress is behaving like a fish without water after being out of power," the senior BJP leader said. Both Gadkari and Ashwani were speaking at the programme 'Agenda Aaj Tak: Vikas ka Express Way' in New Delhi.


Gadkari said the opposition was all out trying to portray the PM as a "villain" to fulfil their political aspirations. He said the Congress insulted the entire judicial system of the nation when its vice-president alleged that the court order in the National Herald case was due to pressure from PM.