Amit Shah meets RSS chief in Nagpur

BJP president Amit Shah on Monday met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur to discuss “new experiments” that the former has carried out to increase the organisational strength.

RSS spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya confirmed to DH that the meeting took place at 5 pm on Monday at the Sangh’s Nagpur headquarters. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi was also present in the closed-door meeting.

“Shah had sought an appointment with Sarsanghchalak Bhagwatji a long time ago to discuss organisation issues, particularly to share his experiences on new experiments for increasing the organisational strength,” Vaidya said.He also said that Bhagwat and Shah travelled in the same flight from Delhi to Nagpur on Monday.

Shah is said to have had an hour-long meeting with Bhagwat, besides interacting with local BJP leaders and workers to take a feedback on the organisational matter.

Vaidya, however, denied the buzz that the first round of consultation may have taken place between the top brass of the party and its ideological mentor on the Presidential election.

The BJP sources said the RSS will vet the party’s candidate and only after that views of prominent NDA allies would be sought before going public with its choice for the top Constitutional post.

Though the Opposition wants the Modi government to declare its candidate and build a consensus on the Presidential election, the BJP leadership is not in a hurry to rush through the process to find a replacement for Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on July 24.