Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, right during the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram, i...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, performs the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to the god Ram, watched by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, r...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat during the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram Temple, at Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat interacts with various religious leaders attending the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others during the Bhoomi Pujan for the c...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat during the Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of Ram Temple, at Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat during the Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of Ram Temple, at Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others during the Bhoomi Pujan for the c...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses during ‘Sangh Samagam’ on the second day of his five-day visit to Jharkhand, at Ranchi College Football ground.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat arrives to addresses the ‘Sangh Samagam’ on the second day of his five-day visit to Jharkhand, at Ranchi College Football ground...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat (C) during an event to release a book, 'Gandhi Ko Samajhney Ka Yahi Samay (It’s time to understand Gandhi)', in New Delhi.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat offer prayers during the inauguration ceremony of new Gujarat State Headquarter building, in Ahmedabad.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat seeks blessings at Hariharpura Math in Hariharpura near Chikmagalur, Karnataka.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during a meeting at Sharda Vihar in Bhopal.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat seek blessing from Guru Devraha Baba in Mirzapur.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat offers prayers at Lord Hanuman temple, Vindhyachal in Mirzapur.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat releases a book after inaugurating 'Anugraha Varsha', a permanent exhibition on the life and teachings of Mahaswami of Kanchi, at a school in Chennai.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat attends the Makar Sankranti Utsav in Moradabad.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat greets a farmer during the inaugural program of a new campus of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, in New Delhi.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat during a function in Indore.
Had meant to link it last week, but somehow forgot. The Economist on how the recent intervention by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is proof for many Indians that:
BJP is enslaved to bare-legged zealots obsessed with the idea that Hindu India is under attack: from Muslims, Chinese communists and American capitalists abroad and Muslims, Maoists and industrial developers at home...
It goes on to wonder whether the BJP can become a mellower yellow:
...The problem is the ideology and attendant nuttiness: Islamophobia, callisthenics, shorts and all. To lead its coalition government, the BJP had actually to forswear core Hindutva demands: for a new temple on the site of a demolished mosque at Ayodhya; for a federal ban on cow-slaughter; and for an end to Muslims’ enjoyment of their own family law.
This alienated party activists, who questioned the point of an ideology that has to be abandoned when it wins power. But to rule again, the BJP may have to distance itself even further from the RSS and find a more clubable leader.
Read the full piece: Shorts and all
