In the early years, when the BJS had just one post of General Secretary, Upadhyay held that position and looked after organisational work. The RSS and BJS were not that big then - and no need was felt in the RSS for a BJS coordinator. When the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the precursor to the BJP, was formed in 1951, several senior RSS pracharaks, including Deendayal Upadhyay, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Nanaji Deshmukh, L K Advani and Dattopanth Thengdi, were deployed to the new party. The coordinator is an office-bearer of the RSS itself, and looks after the front organisation of the Sangh allotted to him. Ramlal is now the RSS’s All India Sampark Pramukh. His predecessor Ramlal returned to the RSS after he was withdrawn in July 2019.
There are several General Secretaries (Organisation) in the BJP from the national to the state levels, all of whom are in close touch with the RSS.Īt the national level, the BJP’s General Secretary (Organisation) is B L Santhosh. The incumbent of the latter post is deputed to the BJP by the RSS, but he is part of the BJP for as long as he is in the job. The RSS’s BJP coordinator is different from the Sangathan Mahamantri, the BJP’s General Secretary (Organisation).
The coordinator mediates all interactions between the BJP-government and the RSS. Regular meetings at multiple levels are held between the RSS and its offshoots, and the BJP and the government. Even though it claims to be a non-political “cultural” organisation, the RSS influences government policy wherever the BJP is in power. But given that the BJP is in power at the Centre and in several large states, his position carries much authority today. The coordinator’s role is mainly advisory. The RSS also appoints certain pracharaks to be Sangathan Mantri (Organisation Secretary) for each of its front organisations, including the BJP. The primary responsibility of the RSS office-bearer who coordinates with the BJP is to ensure the party remains on the right ideological path. (Express Photo/File) What is the BJP pointsperson’s role? Krishna Gopal had been looking after the job since October 2014, months after the Narendra Modi government came to power. The RSS has described the replacement of Gopal with Arun Kumar as “routine”. This situation, however, changed subsequently. His office in Delhi’s Paharganj saw frequent visits by ministers and government officers. In the initial years, several appointments, especially in education, were made on Gopal’s advice. When he replaced Suresh Soni four months after the BJP-led government came to power, Dr Krishna Gopal, a PhD in botany from Agra University and with wide experience in UP and the Northeast, was considered the most appropriate man for the job. Also in Explained | Explained: The BJP’s focus on Kumaon region of Uttarakhand Arun Kumar’s predecessor
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