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New Delhi: Raising concerns over major anti-incumbency in Haryana ahead of the assembly elections, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has suggested to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to opt for fresher faces and not to shy away from dropping senior leaders in case of unsatisfactory ground report, ThePrint has learnt...
During another meeting of the RSS, BJP and the Uttar Pradesh government, the Sangh advised the government and the organisation to ensure better coordination and avoid passing unnecessary remarks against each other, BJP sources said...
These meetings also come ahead of the annual RSS coordination summit with the BJP and its other affiliates, scheduled to be held from 31 August to 2 September in Keralas Palakkad, where a host of issues will be taken up...
The Uttar Pradesh meeting was chaired by RSS Sah Sarkaryawah Arun Kumar and attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, BJP state unit chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and general secretary (organisation) Dharmapal Singh, among others...
While the RSS is of the view that fielding new faces will be a better idea, Haryana BJP is of the opinion that the older party leaders are already prepared for the elections, and have been working in their constituencies for 10 years, which is why the public knows them well.. Sources in the BJP said the RSS leaders suggested that the party workers spend more time with the people to build trust..
