Rajnath did not refer to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in his address.\n\n
The BJP and its senior leader L K Advani may have closed the chapter on the Jinnah controversy, but for the VHP, a key member of the Sangh Parivar, the issue is not yet "clear". "Things have to be made clearer by him (Advani)," senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal said on Thursday.
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
Advani's parikarma plans, however, have received support from the RSS, with its leader Suresh Soni saying the Sangh may consider joining him.
'The viral video from Una aroused something that Hindu chauvinists and cow-botherers never take into account: Numbers.'
The executive would seek to refurbish the party's image in the public's eyes.
The absence of Leader of Opposition L K Advani in Sunday's Ram Sethu rally has ruffled the feelings of the Sangh Parivar that seemed to have patched up after he was chosen to lead the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections.
He also exhorted party workers to regularly visit their constituencies and carry out development work.
The saffron outfit accused the two of distancing the party from Hindutva ideology.
"I have not said anything more than Valmiki, who authored Ramayana. Valmiki had even stated that Ram was a drunkard. Have I said so?" he said
He described the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh as a 'power house', a 'university' and the 'biggest movement' of the 20th century.\n
'Modi will not require the Ayodhya issue because he already has other emotive issues like Pakistan.' 'The BJP does not need the temple for political mobilisation anymore.'
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The announcement rescinding the order was made by the chief minister in the state assembly while replying to the debate on budget proposals.
'Deepening and widening the Sethu canal, will provide a more direct route for some of the tsunami energy to travel and impact southern Kerala,' says Prof Tad S Murthy
\nIn an apparent shift in its stand, the Sangh fountainhead has also said that it would work along with other non-Parivar positive movements and organisations to play a crucial role in the country's destiny.
'Nobody will be saved if you don't stop this ideological and political-strategic bulldozer.'
Whether it took the corona crisis to bring about the transformation, or otherwise, the change ought to be welcome, notes Virendra Kapoor.
The former Bihar chief minister, who is serving a jail term after conviction in the multi-crore fodder scam cases, said Rahul's resignation will "amount to falling into the Bharatiya Janata Party's trap."
'You can walk wearing the hijab on the street, but not in a school.'
'Modi has not lacked courage in the political sphere. It is time he showed it in the economic sphere as well.' 'To do this, he needs to shed the simple-minded nostrums about economic growth and swadeshi that he learnt in the Sangh Parivar,' suggests Virendra Kapoor.
If Muslims face trouble I will be the first person to raise voice for them, says the Tamil superstar.
The BJP sources said Advani was extremely upset with the leakage of the letter as it poured cold water on his recent attempts to patch up with the RSS.
The party national secretary had written a letter to Advani urging 'recasting' of ties between Sangh and BJP.
The poll results will depend much on whether the caste and community coalition worked out by Akhilesh can withstand the onslaught of the Hindutva forces who have increased their efforts to polarise the electorate on communal lines.
Apparently under pressure from Sangh Parivar and its NDA allies, BJP on Wednesday said it would oppose the hike in sectoral caps for foreign direct investment in insurance, civil aviation and telecom announced by the UPA government.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday made it clear that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' (undivided\nIndia) was no more relevant.
A BJP worker's anguished open letter to party chief L K Advani.
The leaders met for about 15 minutes, party sources said. However, the two were not willing to comment on the meeting.
The VHP has backed its Hindutva partner RSS in criticising forme PM A B Vajpayee and BJP chief L K Advani.
Former Union minister C K Jaffer Shareif, in a letter to Mukherjee, expressed surprise over the move and said he like other secular people was 'stunned' to hear about his attending the RSS function.
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