What liberal parties can learn from the RSS’s phenomenal success

Aug 25, 2025 | 11:36 IST

Opposition parties have slammed PM Modi for glorifying the RSS in his I-Day address. But they can pick up a lesson or two from how the organisation rose from a pariah to become kingmaker

In a few weeks (September 27 to be precise), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will celebrate the centenary of its founding — a journey dogged by controversies, spells of existential crisis (it was banned three times) and questions about its relevance in a secular society.

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What liberal parties can learn from the RSS’s phenomenal success

Opposition parties have slammed PM Modi for glorifying the RSS in his I-Day address. But they can pick up a lesson or two from how the organisation rose from a pariah to become kingmaker

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What liberal parties can learn from the RSS’s phenomenal success

Opposition parties have slammed PM Modi for glorifying the RSS in his I-Day address. But they can pick up a lesson or two from how the organisation rose from a pariah to become kingmaker

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