The RSS has dismissed news reports that its Joint General Secretary Suresh Soni will be divested of the responsibility to coordinate with the BJP.
The RSS said there are no plans for removing Soni from the post of coordinator between the two organisations. BJP sources claimed there was no likelihood of any other RSS leader being appointed to share the responsibility.
“No truth in the story about Shri Suresh Soniji being sidelined. He continues to be the Sangh’s contact person for BJP. No change,” RSS leader Ram Madhav said on Twitter. Soni, sources said, will not be sidelined as the Sangh founthead does not want to bring any changes in the current set-up as elections to five states and the lok Sabha polls are due in a few months.
RSS is keen on more and frequent interaction with the BJP in poll-bound Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi as well as the other states. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and
general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi have begun taking a more active interest in BJP affairs and this trend will continue, sources said.
Bhagwat had also intervened when Advani quit party posts, expressing dissatisfaction over functioning of certain leaders.