RSS chief to open up to foreign media on Sept 24

New Delhi: In an attempt to dispel misconceptions, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is expected to interact with foreign media here on September 24.
The RSS chief will interact with as much as 70 journalists from the international publications and news channels and reply to their queries on various issues “with no subject forbidden”.
“The Sarsanghchalakji (as the RSS chief is referred to) has decided to answer every query of them (foreign press members) with transparency,” a RSS functionary told IANS here. The idea, he said, was to dispel misconception about the RSS in the global media.
The RSS functionary said the Sarsanghchalak’s meeting with the foreign media was on the cards for some time, but the immediate trigger was the reaction of the international press after his meeting with German Ambassador Walter Linder.
“Many reputed international publications criticised Linder for visiting, what they called, a fascist organisation. We realised how much misconception is there among the foreign press about a nationalist organisation like ours. As in the Sangh, we believe dialogue is the best method to dispel misconceptions”, said the RSS functionary.
Linder had visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on July 17.