360 Degree View | The Sangh And The Sarkaar: Who Sets The Line, Who Draws It?

As RSS's senior brass filters from Indore’s executive meets straight into the capital, the closed-door messaging to its political sibling, the BJP, is anything but traditional.

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As the organisation’s centenary celebrations are approaching their culmination, the more consequential question is perhaps what it wants its next century to look like, and how much of that vision the BJP-led NDA government is prepared to translate into policy. The November 29 Rashtra Vandanam gathering in Delhi, where Mohan Bhagwat is expected to address a massive congregation, will be more than a ceremonial closing of the year-long celebrations. It will be an opportunity to take stock of the Sangh’s political and social influence, and signal its priorities for the years ahead.

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A hundred years after its founding in 1925, the RSS has considerably expanded its organisational footprint. Its October 31 announcement put the number of daily shakhas at 1,01,151, with Sangh activities reaching approximately 1,10,849 locations. The centenary has also been about outreach beyond the traditional cadre. The organisation reached professionals, students, entrepreneurs and influential citizens. The ambition is not simply to celebrate longevity and resilience, but it is to deepen social legitimacy.

Yet, the RSS’s relationship with the BJP, its political affiliate, cannot be understood through organisational numbers or electoral outcomes alone. It is a relationship in which the Sangh provides ideological direction and an extensive social network, while the BJP exercises the authority of electoral politics and government. The two are aligned, but they are not interchangeable.

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