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Narendra Modi government tells RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to keep a check on conversion hype - The Economic Times
27 Dec, 2014
NEW DELHI: The need to nuance the ongoing anti-conversion drive of Hindutva outfits so that it doesn't put the government in a fix has been conveyed to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, sources in the BJP told ET.
The RSS Sarsanghchalak is camping in Delhi, ostensibly to give 'marg darshan' (guidance) to BJP leaders, and a few middle-level functionaries of the party called on him on Friday. Bhagwat, in a speech in Kolkata last week, had endorsed the Ghar Wapsi campaign that had rocked both Houses of Parliament stalling the passage of crucial financial reforms Bills.
"The Sarsanghchalak knows that the Narendra Modi government has to perform for the Sangh agenda to succeed," said a BJP leader requesting not to be named.
"The Ghar Wapsi move is nothing new and cannot stop. It is just that it is more in focus because BJP is in power. The effort is now to ensure that it doesn't reflect negatively on the Modi government and its development agenda," he said.
Sources in the party told ET that most of the prominent leaders are staying away from the RSS chief, and it has been left to middle-level leaders like JP Nadda, Dr Harsh Vardhan and Meenakshi Lekhi to brief him.
Other RSS functionaries including Bhaiyyaji Joshi, Ram Lal and Dr Krishna Gopal also met him on Friday.
The RSS chief is on a six-day visit to Delhi, and instead of his usual stop at the RSS HQ in Delhi, Keshav Kunj, Bhagwat is staying put at a meditation centre in Chattarpur. "He usually comes for a day or two, and prefers to return to Nagpur after that. This time, he wants to iron out the problems, and the perception of a rift between the government and the RSS," another BJP leader said.
Bhagwat was briefed about the 'samanvaya' (coordination) meeting between BJP and Sangh leaders at Union minister Nitin Gadkari's official residence on December 22. Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu and party president Amit Shah, among others, had met Sangh leaders Krishna Gopal and Bhaiyyaji Joshi to discuss the logjam in Rajya Sabha that prevented the government from passing crucial legislations like the insurance bill.
RSS spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya confirmed the RSS chief was camping in Delhi but termed it routine. "RSS is having its organisational meeting. Today (Friday), representatives from five states are here. Tomorrow, representatives from five other states will be here," he told ET. Another RSS leader said Bhagwat steers clear of all controversies directly.
27 Dec, 2014
NEW DELHI: The need to nuance the ongoing anti-conversion drive of Hindutva outfits so that it doesn't put the government in a fix has been conveyed to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, sources in the BJP told ET.
The RSS Sarsanghchalak is camping in Delhi, ostensibly to give 'marg darshan' (guidance) to BJP leaders, and a few middle-level functionaries of the party called on him on Friday. Bhagwat, in a speech in Kolkata last week, had endorsed the Ghar Wapsi campaign that had rocked both Houses of Parliament stalling the passage of crucial financial reforms Bills.
"The Sarsanghchalak knows that the Narendra Modi government has to perform for the Sangh agenda to succeed," said a BJP leader requesting not to be named.
"The Ghar Wapsi move is nothing new and cannot stop. It is just that it is more in focus because BJP is in power. The effort is now to ensure that it doesn't reflect negatively on the Modi government and its development agenda," he said.
Sources in the party told ET that most of the prominent leaders are staying away from the RSS chief, and it has been left to middle-level leaders like JP Nadda, Dr Harsh Vardhan and Meenakshi Lekhi to brief him.
Other RSS functionaries including Bhaiyyaji Joshi, Ram Lal and Dr Krishna Gopal also met him on Friday.
The RSS chief is on a six-day visit to Delhi, and instead of his usual stop at the RSS HQ in Delhi, Keshav Kunj, Bhagwat is staying put at a meditation centre in Chattarpur. "He usually comes for a day or two, and prefers to return to Nagpur after that. This time, he wants to iron out the problems, and the perception of a rift between the government and the RSS," another BJP leader said.
Bhagwat was briefed about the 'samanvaya' (coordination) meeting between BJP and Sangh leaders at Union minister Nitin Gadkari's official residence on December 22. Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu and party president Amit Shah, among others, had met Sangh leaders Krishna Gopal and Bhaiyyaji Joshi to discuss the logjam in Rajya Sabha that prevented the government from passing crucial legislations like the insurance bill.
RSS spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya confirmed the RSS chief was camping in Delhi but termed it routine. "RSS is having its organisational meeting. Today (Friday), representatives from five states are here. Tomorrow, representatives from five other states will be here," he told ET. Another RSS leader said Bhagwat steers clear of all controversies directly.