"Speculation": RSS Sources On Talk Of 'Rift' With BJP After Chief's Remarks

The sources also noted that their organisation's three-day annual coordination meeting with its affiliates, including the BJP, is scheduled to be held in Palakkad district of Kerala starting August 31.

The RSS on Friday sought to quell the suggestions of its rift with the BJP and that Mohan Bhagwat's recent critical references related to the Lok Sabha polls were aimed at the ruling party, insisting that such claims are just speculation meant to create confusion.

RSS sources also noted that their organisation's three-day annual coordination meeting with its affiliates, including the BJP, is scheduled to be held in Palakkad district of Kerala starting August 31. Senior BJP leaders, including its president, are expected to attend the meeting, the first such exercise after the recent polls.

"There is no rift between the RSS and the BJP," the RSS sources said, amid the assertion by a section of people, including the opposition leaders, that Mr Bhagwat's remarks, including that "a true sevak is never arrogant", were a message to the BJP leadership following its below-par performance in the polls.