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.
Speaking to ThePrint, the BJP leader & RSS member also highlights changing global order & India's need to invest in research & tech in a world where wars are no longer fought on the ground.
Addressing BJP & RSS workers in Nagpur, with Mohan Bhagwat by his side, he said lakhs of swayamsevaks were working tirelessly and selflessly in various parts of the country.
Modi visited memorial of RSS founder in Nagpur and was seen in casual conversation with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. BJP & RSS functionaries insist the visit was nothing out of ordinary.
Modi’s visit coincided with the Sangh’s Pratipada programme, marking Gudi Padwa, the beginning of the Hindu New Year. He visited the memorial for the first time since becoming PM.
As Delhi heads to polls on 5 February, the RSS remains a strong cultural force, but its political wing BJP has struggled to gain electoral dominance. ThePrint explores this paradox.
Earlier this month, L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan advised employees to work 90 hours a week, even suggesting working Sundays. 'How long can you stare at your wife?' he asked.
The US scholar, who has researched RSS since the time of its 2nd sarsanghchalak MS Golwalkar, said the organisation would prefer someone 'moderate', who looks at 'Indians as Indians'.
When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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