A general election is due by May. "We want to connect with a larger section of society, those who want to understand us, those who want to know us," Manmohan Vaidya, one of several RSS general secretaries, told Reuters. A couple of years ago the RSS gave up its old-fashioned khaki shorts to raise its appeal among young people. In the last general election https://in.reuters.com/article/uk-india-politics-hindu/modis-nationalist-foot-soldiers-take-centre-stage-in-india-idINKBN0E70R020140527, hundreds of thousands of volunteers of the RSS, which has about 585,000 committed members, used technology and sheer manpower to mobilise voters. Kumar said there was a need to mobilise young people, women, and rural people to ensure Modi's victory.

Source: bd News24 September 18, 2018 09:45 UTC