BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday met RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat at the Sangh headquarters in Nagpur. The meeting was held to reportedly brief him on the organisational matters ahead of the completion of one year of the Narendra Modi government.
Significantly, Mr. Shah is the second senior BJP leader to have called on Mr. Bhagawat after Home Minister Rajnath Singh who met him earlier this week. Though there was no official word on both meetings from either the BJP or the RSS, Mr. Singh’s visit to the Sangh headquarters has fuelled speculation that he had voiced some reservation on the style of functioning and decision-making process of Mr. Shah, who is close to Mr. Modi.
Mr. Shah, who was closetted with Bhagwat and other top RSS leaders for one-and-a-half hours, did not meet reporters to brief them on the subject or nature of their interaction.
However, according to RSS sources, Mr. Shah briefed the Sangh leaders about the “success and shortcomings” of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre in its first year in office. Organisational issues, including the challenges ahead in the wake of the opposition parties stepping up their attack on the BJP and ways to overcome them, also figured in the discussion.
