Bhagwat clarifies RSS has no role in BJP decision-making

Never mentioned retirement at 75, says Sangh chief

- VIKAS PATHAK

ON THE THIRD and final day of his three-day lecture series in Delhi, RSS Sarasanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said that the Sangh does not take decisions for its affiliated organisations like the BJP, adding, in an apparent reference to the delay in the election of the next BJP president to replace J P Nadda, "Hum tay karte toh itna samay lagta kya (Were it up to us to decide, would it have taken so long)?... We don't do it. Take your time."

Fielding questions over a range of issues submitted by attendees, Bhagwat said: "It is absolutely wrong that the Sangh decides everything (for the BJP). I run shakhas; that is my expertise. They are running the State; that is their expertise. We can advise, but the decision in that field is theirs."