RSS’ shrinking imprint on BJP’s national team, as analysed by ThePrint, reflects the party’s organisational expansion. It ties in with ex-president Nadda’s take on the BJP becoming competent to run its own affairs. See it this way. There’s no umbilical strain. The RSS remains the BJP’s heart, mind and spine.
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