Statement comes in backdrop of BJP’s poor showing in LS polls. It lost SC/ST/OBC votes because of what they call Oppn propaganda about threat to Constitution & lack of quota in govt jobs.
This comes ahead of annual RSS coordination meet with BJP & other affiliates from 31 August to 2 September. Picking new poll faces & not relying on 'Modi factor' for votes also discussed.
RSS affiliate to carry out exercise in SC/ST colonies, villages to also 'promote social harmony'. BJP won 54 of 131 LS seats reserved for SC/STs this time, compared to 77 last election.
Journalists Ashutosh and Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay spoke with professor Apoorvanand on the anatomy, history and ideology of the RSS at New Delhi's Jawahar Bhawan.
P.P. Balan, ex-consultant with Ministry of Panchayati Raj appointed director of RGIDS, says centre in Thiruvananthapuram will also take up research including analysis of govt schemes.
UP CM is seen as ‘outsider not bred in RSS ways’, but is also widely admired as Hindutva administrator. Lacking an outfit behind him, he’s said to be in succession battle with Amit Shah.
The BJP and RSS are umbilically tied through a mutually beneficial relationship. Bhagwat’s comments are merely a ploy to obtain more power from a weakened Modi.
BJP ministers and senior leaders grew arrogant and paid a heavy price in 2024 elections. The party promised 'minimum government, maximum governance' in 2014 but did the opposite in ten years.
For someone who once wanted nothing to do with his hoary lineage, architect V Ganapati Sthapati brought about a veritable renaissance in temple architecture before his death in 2011.
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