Washington, Jan. 31 -- Squire Patton Boggs, a Washington DC based lobbying firm that gained attention in 2025 following reports that it was hired to lobby for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in America, has disclosed that it has since ceased lobbying for the organisation, the ideological fount of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The firm, which was paid $330,000 in 2025, also amended earlier disclosures made with the US Congress to reflect that it was hired by an individual named Vivek Sharma (and not the RSS) to spread greater awareness about the RSS in Washington. Earlier disclosures explicitly stated that Squire Patton Boggs was hired by State Street Strategies on behalf of the RSS. To be sure, even back then, the RSS denied that it had engaged any lobbying firm in America. In a lobbying disclosure made on December 29, but which hasn't been reported, Squire Patton Boggs outlined that its contract -- the firm's goal was to "introduce the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to US officials"-- was terminated on September 30, 2025. The elite lobbying firm was hired by State Street Strategies, which also does business under the name One+ Strategies, and registered to lobby for the RSS in January 2025. Former Republican Congressman Bill Shuster was a key lobbyist associated with the contract....