After 13 years as the BJP’s general secretary (organisation), Ram Lal has been declared co-incharge of the RSS’s publicity and communications wing, signalling his return to the mother organisation from the political wing of the Sangh Parivar.
Top sources in the RSS confirmed that the announcement had been made at the meeting of RSS top brass being held in Vijaywada.
The name of V. Satish, currently the joint general secretary (organisation) in the BJP, is doing the rounds as replacement for Mr. Lal. Other names like that of B.L. Santhosh, seconded to the Karnataka unit, is also doing the rounds.
The official announcement on this would be made by the BJP, said RSS sources.
General secretary (organisation) is one of the most powerful positions in the BJP hierarchy and is usually occupied by a full-time pracharak from the RSS on loan to the party.
Mr. Lal, as per letters made available to The Hindu, had written to BJP president Amit Shah in September 2017 itself, asking to be relieved of his responsibility in the party citing his advancing age (he was 65 then).
At that time, owing to several upcoming Assembly polls and the Lok Sabha election, his request had been turned down.
Party sources say he wrote again in early July and a decision to relieve him was taken by both the BJP and the RSS.
