RSS can’t cross limit, chant ’NaMo, NaMo’ for BJP: Bhagwat

mangaloretoday.com / DHNS

Bangalore, March 11: Amid growing perception that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is more actively involved with the 2014 Lok Sabha polls than it was ever, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has cautioned cadres not to cross limits (maryada) while working for the BJP. Bhagwat told RSS cadres in Bangalore on Sunday that they should stay away from the party’s Narendra Modi-driven election campaign.

 

Addressing the RSS’s Pratinidhi Sabha in Bangalore on Sunday, which was also attended by BJP chief Rajnath Singh and Ramlal, RSS pracharak deputed to BJP as general secretary (organisation), Bhagwat said, "Hum rajneeti mein nahin hain. Humara kaam ’NaMo NaMo’ karna nahin hai. Humme apne lakshya ke liye kaam karna hai (We are not in politics. Our work is not to chant ’NaMo, NaMo’. We must work towards our own goal)."

Responding to a participant’s suggestion that the RSS’s role in relation to the BJP should resemble the one shared between Mauryan king Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya, Bhagwat said it was more important to work in an isolated manner in the current circumstances.

"Humaari apni maryada hai. Humme maryada nahi todni hai (we have our own limits. We must not cross our limits)," he said.

Bhagwat’s comments are in sharp contrast to the RSS’s endorsement last week of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a strong leader who had delivered in Gujarat.

"He (Modi) is a strong leader who has delivered in Gujarat. We are proud of him as our karyakarta (worker)," RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale had told reporters at the Sangh’s annual convention in Bangalore.