RSS and BJP: Power equations on even keel after Hindu consolidation

RSS isn't keen to rock Modi's boat because its relationship with BJP is smoother now after Hindu consolidation

The Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh’s (RSS’) executive committee, scheduled to meet in Bengaluru from March 15, called off the annual event because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but the Sangh released three resolutions, which were on the agenda. Read in tandem with the recent statements from Suresh Bhaiyya Joshi, the RSS general secretary and sarsanghachalak’s deputy, the views and comments bespoke the present state of the Sangh’s relationship with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP is the RSS’s political progeny but not necessarily the family favourite because of the vicissitude that the equation was subject to: Whenever the BJP ruled