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Thursday, September 18, 2025
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Topic: BJP-RSS

Why Modi-Shah and RSS are locking horns over Nadda’s successor

The next BJP president can reverse the party’s Congressification. He should make decision-making processes consultative and democratic.

SubscriberWrites: Parsing ‘Hindu’—RSS’s semantics of inclusivity and its contradictions

At its centenary, the RSS framed ‘Hindu’ as inclusive of all Indians, yet the philosophical play between ‘meaning’ and ‘content’ reveals tensions that may hinder its broader outreach.

SC grants anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of ‘objectionable’ cartoons on PM, RSS

Malviya was booked in Indore in May after RSS worker Vinay Joshi alleged the cartoonist's content on social media hurt religious sentiments of Hindus & disturbed communal harmony.

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Debate on theaterisation at Ran Samvad is healthy and constructive

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

75 isn’t ceiling to hold any position—RSS chief Bhagwat. ‘Never said I or someone should retire’

His suggestion last month that one should retire at 75 was latched upon by Opposition which said his comments were a veiled reference to PM Modi.

SC extends protection from arrest to cartoonist Hemant Malviya over caricatures of PM Modi, RSS

Earlier, the MP High Court had rejected Malviya’s bail plea, saying that he had misused freedom of speech and should have exercised discretion while drawing the caricature.

Stray dogs debate divides BJP & RSS—shelters vs sterilisation & ‘gau mata apathy’

New Delhi: The debate on stray dogs, sparked off after the Supreme Court ordered that all stray dogs in the NCR be sent to...

Tamil Nadu’s Ajatshatru, risen from RSS—the many faces of CP Radhakrishnan & why BJP’s banking on him

Radhakrishnan, an RSS product, has been named NDA candidate for Vice President’s post and is seen as key to BJP’s southern strategy.

From ramparts of Red Fort, Modi signals to RSS. ‘100 yrs of service, golden chapter’

Remarks come amid strain in ties between BJP, its ideological parent. Just this week, RSS sarsanghachalak said quality healthcare, education were becoming unaffordable for average Indian.

On Camera

Is India recalibrating Russian oil import strategy? Saudi Arabia discount offer is key

India has indicated several times that it makes decisions to purchase oil from Russia based on commercial reasons and not geopolitics.

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

India looks to ink deal for 114 Rafale as early as next year, some to come in fly-away condition

The Standard F4 plus version will come equipped with longer-range air-to-air missiles (two) and air-to-ground munitions than currently in service with India, ThePrint has learnt.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.