A week after the 2024 Lok Sabha election results were declared, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the secretive parent organisation of the BJP and the Sangh Parivar, emerged out of the shadows. RSS head or Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat publicly lambasted the “arrogance” of leaders.
But Bhagwat’s pointed remarks came a little too late. For a decade, the RSS has worked closely with the BJP, infiltrated a range of government bodies and lapped up as much as it could of state power and privileges. For it to now lament about “arrogant leaders” is nothing but hypocrisy and double-speak. The RSS is very much part of the same arrogance.
