Senior RSS leader Ram Madhav has rejected speculation of differences between BJP and RSS. He told the news agency ANI on Saturday that both organizations are working in their respective areas. They said,
Ram Madhav’s statements have come at a time when the Congress and other opposition parties are criticizing the RSS in the Independence Day speech of PM Modi. Congress leaders have described the mention of the organization as “an insult to the constitution and the tricolor”.
On this, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said- The Prime Minister mentioned the RSS in his speech to please Mohan Bhagwat, because Modi is now completely confident of him. After September when he turns 75, Mohan Bhagwat’s help to remain in office depends on the help. BJP retired many leaders at the age of 75 years
PM Modi will turn 75 years old on 17 September. Many opposition leaders have discussed about retiring as soon as they completed their age of 75 before and after the 2024 elections.
In May 2024, Arvind Kejriwal had said that if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha elections, Modi will remain the Prime Minister till next year. PM Modi himself has made this rule (retirement at the age of 75 years).
In fact, after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the trend of retiring leaders of more than 75 years of age in BJP started. For the first time, Narendra Modi, who became Prime Minister, had given place in his cabinet to the younger leaders.
LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi were included in the guide board. When Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel resigned in 2016, he was also 75 years old at that time. The same year Najma Heptullah also resigned from the Modi cabinet, whose age was 76 years.
Before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the then BJP President Amit Shah said in an interview- no one above 75 years has been given a ticket. This is the party’s decision. In that election, leaders like Sumitra Mahajan and Hukumdev Narayan Yadav were not given tickets.
Similarly, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the ticket of Rajendra Aggarwal, Santosh Gangwar, Satyadev Pachauri, Rita Bahuguna Joshi was cut due to more than 75 years of age.
