RSS says overconfident BJP leaders got reality check during elections, decorum was not maintained

Ratan Sharda, an author and member of the Hindutva organisation, claimed that several BJP members were ‘happy in their bubble’.

RSS says overconfident BJP leaders got reality check during elections, decorum was not maintained

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The 2024 Lok Sabha elections came as a reality check for several overconfident Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said in an article in the organisation’s mouthpiece on Monday.

At an event in Nagpur, the Hindutva organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat, also remarked that decorum was not maintained during the election campaign, and that the Opposition should be treated as rivals and not as enemies.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the parent organisation of the BJP.

Ratan Sharda, an author and member of the Hindutva organisation, said in a column published in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s mouthpiece Organiser on Monday: “Results of 2024 General Elections have come as a reality check for overconfident BJP karyakartas and many leaders. They did not realise that Prime Minister Narendra Modiji’s call of 400+ was a target for them and a dare for [the Opposition].”

The RSS member said that such BJP leaders and workers were “happy in their bubble” and were not “listening to the voices on the streets”.

The article was published a day after Modi took oath as the prime minister for the third time along with a 71-member Council of Ministers.

The BJP won 240 Lok Sabha seats in the general election, a significant dip from its tally of 303 seats in 2019....

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