RSS welcomes govt lifting ban on employees taking part in Sangh activities, Congress pans move

RSS welcomes govt lifting ban on employees taking part in Sangh activities, Congress pans move

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) welcomed the purported move by the Modi government to lift the ban on central government employees participating in the activities of the Sangh. Terming the original move as “politically driven”, the RSS said this will “strengthen the democratic system of India”. “Due to its political interests, the then (1966) … Read more

Public spats, private grumbles — how and why frictions have defined RSS-BJP relations over 7 decades

Public spats, private grumbles — how and why frictions have defined RSS-BJP relations over 7 decades

“The power of Sangh,” Upadhyay replied. “If the political party started by the Sangh gets corrupt, the Sangh has the power to destroy it.” That was the 1960s. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh had barely been around for a decade and had little electoral success till then. After the death of its founder-president, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, less than two years after the … Read more

Why RSS has recalled its man GV Rajesh from Karnataka BJP

Why RSS has recalled its man GV Rajesh from Karnataka BJP

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has recalled G.V.Rajesh, the general secretary (organisation) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, in the middle of an outpouring of dissent within the state unit.  Rajesh was made the organisational general secretary in July 2022 but removed abruptly from his role Sunday. The news of his abrupt … Read more

‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, A Slogan Coined By A Muslim, Will Sangh Parivar Abandon It: Kerala CM

‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, A Slogan Coined By A Muslim, Will Sangh Parivar Abandon It: Kerala CM

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan drew examples from history to prove his point. Vijayan was addressing the fourth consecutive rally organised by the CPI(M) in the state. (File) Kerala: “The slogans ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Hind’ were first raised by two Muslims,” said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday and asked whether the … Read more

Electoral bonds is ‘experiment,’ not entirely new concept: RSS Leader | India News

Electoral bonds is ‘experiment,’ not entirely new concept: RSS Leader | India News

NEW DELHI: Amid the political drama over the electoral bonds, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday called the electoral bonds an “experiment” and said that whenever a change is brought, questions are raised like with EVM. Hosabale was on Sunday re-elected as the general secretary for the next three years. In a … Read more

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale defends electoral bonds ‘experiment’

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale defends electoral bonds ‘experiment’

New Delhi: The concept of minority in the Indian Constitution needs to be revisited, said Dattatreya Hosabale, who was re-elected as the sarkaryavah, or General Secretary, of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during an annual meeting of its apex decision-making body in Nagpur Sunday. Speaking to the media following the meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the … Read more

Election Commission Makes Fresh Data On Electoral Bonds Public; Deets Inside

Election Commission Makes Fresh Data On Electoral Bonds Public; Deets Inside

Home News Election Commission Makes Fresh Data On Electoral Bonds Public; Deets Inside The Election Commission of India has made the fresh data on electoral bonds public. New Delhi: In the ongoing saga around electoral bonds, the Election Commission on Sunday made public fresh data on electoral bonds, which it had submitted in sealed covers … Read more

‘Samvidhan Bachao BJP Hatao’: MP Hegde’s Remarks Trigger Political Firestorm; Congress Flags Sangh’s ‘Devious Hidden Agenda’

‘Samvidhan Bachao BJP Hatao’: MP Hegde’s Remarks Trigger Political Firestorm; Congress Flags Sangh’s ‘Devious Hidden Agenda’

Anantkumar Hegde told a public gathering in Karwar, Karnataka that the BJP will change the country’s “distorted” Constitution, make it favourable towards Hindus, and “set right the distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”,  if they get a two-thirds majority in the the Lok Sabha. Photo: India.Com Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Karnataka … Read more

‘Break Ramzan fast with cow milk’

‘Break Ramzan fast with cow milk’

New Delhi: Muslims must break their Ramzan fasts with cow milk, and pledge to not eat cow meat, senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar said Friday, even as he asserted that Hindus and Muslims have the same ancestry.  Kumar was speaking at an event organised by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS-affiliated organisation, of which he … Read more

Month after Ram temple, BJP reinforces Muslim outreach bid through Hazratbal shrine project

Month after Ram temple, BJP reinforces Muslim outreach bid through Hazratbal shrine project

New Delhi: In his first visit to the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, and just weeks after the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday inaugurated the integrated developmental project of the Hazratbal shrine — also called Madina Sani (second Medina).  Coming weeks before … Read more