Originally posted by Freyr
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Modi made it through the ranks of the RSS. Though you won't see Modi leading such rallies. That would be up to the head of the RSS.
So people make the walks like a duck, talks like a duck, must be one : )
Nobody cares about the RSS because they haven't been in power a lot. Well, they are not in power. They do influence what the BJP does and its fair to say the BJP would never do what they oppose. They have had a say in cabinet selection though PM's have overruled them. For the most part they are hands off and don't micro manage.
The biggest problem with Modi for the RSS. Is the RSS does not believe in personality cults. The collective must come before the individual. Modi breaks both those core principles. Prime argument against Congress is they are family shop with a name. They are a brand. The BJP's model is more the board of directors model. Well Modi is a brand and a name if not from a family.
We are left with do whatever it takes to get and hold onto power. Every thing else is secondary.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Whether Modi survives will depend on how the economy fares in the coming years. They managed to clean up problems in the last term leaving us to believe that we could move faster this term. The budget announcement tanked the stock markets. Something that took me by surprise as they ralied the last time he came to power. The beginning of this term feels different to the beginning of the last. There is quite a bit of criticism coming already from the BJP supporters camp.
Oh well, at least they score well on the foreign policy & defense front.
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