Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, had an “impressive” organisational structure, while that of the Congress had room for improvement.
The remarks drew sharp reactions from several Congress leaders, who said that it was the BJP and the RSS that should learn from the Congress.
Singh had posted an old photograph of Prime Minister Modi with veteran BJP leader LK Advani and remarked: “See how a grassroots swayamsevak of the RSS and the worker of Jan Sangh and BJP sits on the floor at the feet of leaders and goes on to become a chief minister and then the prime minister.”
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said: “This is the power of organisation. Jai Siya Ram.”
Singh later clarified that his comments were only about the organisation and not an endorsement of the BJP or the RSS, ANI reported.
“I’ve been saying this from the beginning: I am opposed to the ideology of the RSS,” he said. “They neither respect the Constitution nor the country’s laws, and it’s an unregistered organisation. But I admire their organisational capacity.”
On the Congress party’s organisational capacity, Singh said there was “room for improvement”. He added that Congress is “fundamentally a party of a…
Source: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s remarks on RSS’ organisational structure sparks row
