Narendra Modi’s first visit to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Nagpur as Prime Minister, where he lavished praise on the Sangh as the ‘banyan tree’ of India’s cultural consciousness, is being seen as a successful attempt to taper over the differences that have cropped up between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the parent organisation. It is also widely believed that Modi sought the RSS approval for the next BJP president. In the nearly 11 years since Modi took over as PM with a sweeping majority and the BJP gained immense ground, becoming the world’s largest political party, ties with the RSS have become strained. During the 2024 election campaign, a stray comment by party president JP Nadda, that the BJP was now a self-sufficient party and did not need the backing of........

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