Delhi Confidential: RSS’s centenary celebrations; no clarity on next INDIA bloc meeting

Welcome to Delhi Confidential, your exclusive insight into the inner workings of India's capital. Today, we bring you two stories: the RSS's centenary festivities sparking a surge in the Sangh Parivar's international presence, and Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's commendation for an RPF official who risked his life to save a woman passenger.

The RSS centenary celebrations have evidently intensified the Sangh Parivar's global outreach. With Mohan Bhagwat addressing audiences in the United States and Canada, the RSS media and communication head Sunil Ambekar has already journeyed to the United Kingdom in anticipation of the Sangh chief's visit in September. Ambekar will be taking questions from the press at a press conference in London on September 4.

Bhagwat's UK visit is being promoted as part of a "global civilisational dialogue," with planned interactions with intellectuals, policymakers, think tanks, and community organizations.

In a separate development, the last INDIA bloc meeting in June set a precedent for bi-monthly meetings, with the subsequent gathering slated for August in Hyderabad. However, there remains ambiguity regarding the timing and location of the next meeting. Sources within the Congress party suggest a possible assembly of the Opposition bloc in September, though no concrete details have been disclosed yet.