A key three-day coordination meeting between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) began in the national capital on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by other outfits like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) as well.
The VHP raised the issue of Ram Mandir at the meeting, demanding that a positive message about rebuilding the same should be sent by the Narendra Modi government.
However, sources said that the main focus of the key meeting remained the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and the issue of communicating the pro-poor welfare schemes undertaken by the BJP-led NDA government.
Another important issue on the agenda of the meeting is the implementation of One Rank One Pension for ex-servicemen.
Sources said that the RSS has asked the BJP to resolve the OROP issue. The representatives of the RSS were briefed on the issue by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
The top brass of the RSS is also holding separate meetings with ministers of the Narendra Modi government on the issue of One Rank One Pension. It was attended by BJP president Amit Shah, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Parrikar.
Meanwhile, sources said that the government communicated to the RSS that it wishes to change the perception that allowing land ordinance to lapse was a U-turn.
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