'Indira Gandhi had good relations with many RSS leaders but...': Book
1 year, 5 months ago

'Indira Gandhi had good relations with many RSS leaders but...': Book

India TV News  

A new book has claimed that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had good relations with several RSS leaders but carefully kept a distance between the organisation and herself. In "How Prime Ministers Decide", journalist Neerja Chowdhury analyses the operating styles of the country's prime ministers through the prism of six decisions of historic significance - the strategy that Gandhi devised to return to power in 1980 post-Emergency, the Shah Bano case, the Mandal Commission, the Babri Masjid incident, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's nod to nuclear tests, and the Indo-US nuclear deal under Manmohan Singh. "The RSS helped Indira Gandhi come to power in 1980," Gandhi's close aide Anil Bali is quoted as saying. "RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras had once remarked during the course of a conversation, 'Indira Gandhi bahut badi Hindu hai.'"

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INTERVIEW | I was Very Close to RSS Leaders When I Was in the Congress: Najma Heptulla
3 weeks, 4 days ago

INTERVIEW | I was Very Close to RSS Leaders When I Was in the Congress: Najma Heptulla

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 16, 2024 23:10 IST - 12 MINS READ Najma Heptulla is one of India’s longest-serving parliamentarians, holding the record for the longest stint as Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. She was close to the Nehru-Gandhi family, working in Indira Gandhi’s inner circle and maintaining a strong relationship with Rajiv Gandhi. Currently living with her daughter in …

‘Ask your grandmother about RSS’: Giriraj Singh's swipe at Rahul Gandhi
4 months ago

‘Ask your grandmother about RSS’: Giriraj Singh's swipe at Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday remarked that if there is any technology to connect with the deceased, the Congress leader should ask his grandmother about the role of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Union minister Giriraj Singh Singh's reaction came hours after the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said that the Bharatiya …

Decoding RSS chief’s remarks on elections
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Decoding RSS chief’s remarks on elections

Hindustan Times  

In the time of coalition politics, a thousand opinions will bloom. The reduced tally for the BJP in the general elections and its dependence on allies to run the government have encouraged the RSS to take a reflective, but critical, stance on the party’s politics. In this context, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks about the polarising election campaign will be …

'RSS built on lines of Muslim brotherhood': History of Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the sangh
1 year, 10 months ago

'RSS built on lines of Muslim brotherhood': History of Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the sangh

India Today  

Speaking at the London-based think tank Chatham House on March 6, Rahul Gandhi said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is a fundamentalist and fascist organisation that has "basically captured pretty much all of India's institutions". RSS IS 21ST CENTURY KAURAVAS Addressing a street-corner meeting after the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ambala, Haryana, on January 9, 2023, Rahul Gandhi said RSS …

Rahul Gandhi will take years to understand RSS: BJP
3 years, 10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi will take years to understand RSS: BJP

India TV News  

A day after Rahul Gandhi accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of 'systematically penetrating all institutions', the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday hit back at the Congress leader. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that RSS is like a large school and Rahul Gandhi will need time to understand what the organisation stands for. Rahul …

NCP leader Jitendra Ahwad said Indira Gandhi strangulated democracy
4 years, 11 months ago

NCP leader Jitendra Ahwad said Indira Gandhi strangulated democracy

Op India  

NCP leader and Maharashtra minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Jitendra Ahwad has stated that Indira Gandhi had ‘strangulated’ democracy. Ahwad stated, “Indira Gandhi had also strangulated democracy, nobody was ready to speak against her. — Ashok Chavan January 29, 2020 “Indira Gandhi is known all over the world for her dedication and duty, she had laid down her …

RSS has no connection with politics, works for 130 crore Indians: Mohan Bhagwat
4 years, 11 months ago

RSS has no connection with politics, works for 130 crore Indians: Mohan Bhagwat

India Today  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said his organisation has no connection with politics and it works only to uplift the moral, cultural and human values of the country. He also denied that the RSS was "remote controlling" the BJP pointing out that the organisation was working for all 130 crore Indians. Bhagwat asserted that the RSS was …

RSS and Gandhi: Finding common ground
5 years, 3 months ago

RSS and Gandhi: Finding common ground

Hindustan Times  

In August 2017, 69 years after it was first banned in independent India for its alleged role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh through its think tank Prajna Pravah organised a two-day meeting at Gandhi Darshan, neighbouring Raj Ghat, in the national capital. A senior functionary who did not wish to be named said that in …

RSS now keen to develop young leaders
5 years, 6 months ago

RSS now keen to develop young leaders

India TV News  

With most senior leaders in the BJP having retired from active politics, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh is now looking towards building a new leadership. Later this month, the RSS will be holding camps in Uttar Pradesh to discuss ways to identify and groom young leaders. According to a senior RSS functionary in Lucknow, the first camp in this regard will …

The RSS is at war with India’s past
5 years, 8 months ago

The RSS is at war with India’s past

The Hindu  

“Beyond a doubt, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the most powerful organisation in India today. The RSS is at war with India’s past, he says, and is belittling three of the greatest builders of the Indian state, Ashoka, Akbar and Jawaharlal Nehru. We have to unite Hindu society, make it fearless, self-reliant and selfless.” The icon of the secular state …

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