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Mr Bhagwat's speech reveals RSS' electoral agenda

The head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Bharatiya Janata Party’s parent organisation, gives a speech every year on Dussehra. This speech is carefully scrutinised for its impact on the political stance of the organisation and its affiliates. This year’s speech was, unsurprisingly, particularly political, given that this is an election year, with the general election scheduled in about eight months from now. The RSS’ head, Mohan Bhagwat, stressed the importance of building a Ram temple at Ayodhya — the first time in years that this subject has been part of the RSS leader’s speech — in the “national