This interview of Nalin Mehta by Aditi Phadnis appeared in Business Standard on 15 January 2023.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s comments this week on the changing social role of the RSS and the role of RSS workers in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have once again generated new debate on the BJP-RSS relationship. Political scientist Nalin Mehta, author of The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party and Dean, School of Modern Media, UPES, in conversation with Aditi Phadnis, talks about the relationship between the Sangh and BJP and the outlook for 2024.
How would you describe the current relationship between the BJP and the RSS?
The current BJP-RSS relationship is fairly positive and on a good wicket. It is unlike what it used to be during the previous BJP government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee…..
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This article was first published in business-standard.com | January 15, 2023
