RSS' first reaction in five month on ties with the BJP
“It's a Family Matter” Says Ambekar on Nadda's comments
The cat is finally out of the bag and it's official. For the first time, the RSS officially said that the organisation “solves 'family matters like family matters' and doesn't discuss such issues on public platforms.” But it acknowledged that there is a matter and needs to be solved within the family. This also indicates that the last word on controversy erupting within the Sangh Parivar over BJP president J P Nadda's comments in the midst of Lok Sabha poll campaign about the RSS, has not been written yet.
Sunil Ambekar, Joint general secretary of the RSS declined to discuss J P Nadda's comments in public today saying it's a 'family matter.' Nadda had said in May 2024 in the midst of Lok Sabha polls “In the beginning, we would have been less capable, smaller and needed the RSS (support). Today, we have grown and we are capable. The BJP runs itself. That’s the difference.”
Since then, the RSS had maintained a stony silence on the issue with the BJP not retracting or issuing any clarification on either. Therefore, Sunil Ambekar's reaction is extremely significant. It reflects that the issue is alive and being the 'Family matter', it will be solved within the family.
It may be worth mentioning that after the Lok Sabha polls, the RSS leaders had met J P Nadda at his residence and the latter also travelled to Palakkad to attend the annual review meeting of the RSS with its 36 frontal organisations. No official statement was issued from Kerala on the issue then. But Sunil Ambekar, who is also the official spokesman of the RSS, commented on the issue for the first time after almost five months.
