RSS affiliates flag coordination issues, neglect by govt to Nadda with aim to rebuild BJP-Sangh harmony

New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mends its relationship with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), one of the issues that the two sides are now working on is ensuring seamless coordination between the Sangh Parivar and the ministries of the BJP government, ThePrint has learnt...

According to sources in the Sangh, the lack of coordination and consultation between the organisations in the Sangh and the central government had been flagged by several RSS affiliates to BJP president J.P. Nadda during the annual Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak held in Palakkad, Kerala, last week...

Though many issues were not raised in front of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat ji, since, during the baithak, affiliates also get an opportunity to sit separately with others, a number of them told Nadda ji that they are not given appointments in time by the ministries and several key issues end up not getting resolved, said a senior RSS functionary...

A senior BJP functionary who attended the meeting said that the party leadership is aware that it requires greater and better coordination with the Sanghsomething that was missing during the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls as a large section of the RSS cadre stayed away from election work, leading to a reduced tally for the ruling party...

The way things have been happening in the past few weeks and the kind of measures that are being put in place shows that the BJP will coordinate better from now on, he said.. Post this meeting, we expect the BJP to be more alert and that the level of consultation between the government and the affiliates will also be strengthened, the BJP functionary added...

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