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Post by Guest Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:59 pm

http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/the-new-mandarins-amit-shah-resurgence-rss

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Post by Guest Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:04 pm

Bhagwat’s greater public assertion of his organisation’s political views is a good indication of what we are likely to see over the next year or two. Through Shah’s first term, the RSS’s influence on the BJP seemed largely limited to what is considered the “cultural” domain—policies on education, history and dietary practices. Now, it is likely to extend its sway over other aspects of the party’s stance, including on the very definition of citizenship in the constitution, which at the moment does not privilege any particular religious origin.

Despite the larger-than-life presence of Modi, the BJP, within two years of its most visible success, has been reduced to a greater subservience to the RSS than it ever was under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In fact, the very possibility of a BJP prime minister who, like Vajpayee, could steer a government line largely free of RSS control, is no longer conceivable. The one thing that the RSS will still have to wait on is its desire to replace the constitution. But then, the organisation’s history reveals that if there is anything it knows well, it is how to bide its time.



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