Their view on caste and women are purely based upon sacred vedantic ideology. According to Sangh, Aryan invasion is a myth and there by the distinction between upper and lower caste is false. About women, M S Golwalkar strictly maintained the role of women as to stay at home and bring up kids with Dharmic ideologies which he inherits automatically being a Hindu.
The rise of the Sangh is almost directly attributable to Congress's policies.
Had Congress not played on vote banks and minority appeasement initiatives, Sangh would not have risen to such a strong position in these elections.
Absolutely. Especially during partition riots the Congressi attitude was pathetic. It's top brass leaders ignored the precariousness of the Hindus living on the other side of the border. Even local Congressis secretly joined hand with RSS in multiple cases.