The last-minute choice of Yogi Adityanath, after hectic parleys for a week in Delhi and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where the RSS national conclave is set to begin on Sunday, is seen in UP political circles as the resurfacing of differences between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Frustration and dissatisfaction loomed large on the faces of party MLAs when they came out of Lok Bhawan, the […]

Even with a knife to my throat won’t say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’: Asaduddin Owaisi to Mohan Bhagwat In yet another controversial statement, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi, in a direct attack on the RSS, said that he would not chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Addressing a public rally in Udgir tehsil in Latur district here on Sunday, Owaisi said, “I don’t chant that slogan (Bharat Mata […]

In October 1947, soon after India became independent, Pakistani troops had reached the borders of Kashmir. All the efforts of political leaders had failed. Time was ticking. In these conditions Sardar Patel sent a message to the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), MS Golwalker, requesting him to use his influence to prevail upon the Maharaja to accede to India. ‘Guruji’, as he was fondly called, cancelled all engagements […]