A spate of meetings later, chaired by Mohan Bhagwat, it has emerged that 2024 elections is very crucial for Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) as it comes just before the 100th anniversary of the Sangh. Despite this, the Sangh’s official version being that these dialogues just be seen as the yearly practice without attaching any political significance to them
Opposition parties criticised the TMC over the new outreach programme, claiming that the ruling party is trying to fool people ahead of the panchayat polls.