Opinion: Haryana To Maharashtra, The Evolving RSS-BJP Dynamic After Lok Sabha 2024 Hiccup

The 2024 experience serves as a reminder that the BJP’s electoral fortunes are deeply intertwined with the RSS’s organisational strength. Representational image.

Source : PTI

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological anchor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has historically been instrumental in bolstering the party’s grassroots presence. Though the RSS primarily engages in socio-religious work, its cadre network has often been the backbone of the BJP’s electoral machinery. However, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections revealed widening cracks in their relationship, exposing the cost of sidelining the RSS. The RSS’s emphasis has always been