Lately, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has revitalised its outreach to journalists. The Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra, an RSS affiliate, has recently seen a generational change in its leadership. It now has office-bearers in their 30s and 40s. On Tuesday, the centre organised a “Holi Milan” for journalists in New Delhi. The chief guest at the event was J Nand Kumar, RSS’s all-India sah prachar pramukh, or joint publicity chief. Discussions among RSS office-bearers and journalists focussed around the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll results, and their likely fallout in the eventuality of a Bharatiya Janata Party victory. Given the RSS experience in Gujarat over the last decade, the import of such a development was lost on few among the gathering.
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