RSS units oppose PM Narendra Modi policies

New Delhi: Sangh affiliated groups on Tuesday voiced reservations over certain policies of the Narendra Modi government, including FDI, intellectual property rights (IPR) in pharma sector besides seeking regularisation of contract workers at a meeting of the BJP and RSS leaders here.

Issues pertaining to the problems of sugarcane farmers and their pending dues with sugar mills, concerns over government allowing field trials on GM crops like Bt Brinjal and giving employee status to anganwadi workers were also raised during the two-hour-long confabulation.

The first meeting of its kind during Modi government’s tenure was aimed at seeking views of such organisations which are working extensively in various fields and improve coordination between the party and affiliates, sources said.

The meeting was attended by senior RSS leaders Suresh Soni and Krishan Gopal, BJP general secretaries Ram Lal and Ram Madhav, who are RSS representatives in BJP, along with some senior functionaries of Sangh-affiliates.

Some union ministers including Prakash Javadekar, Radha Mohan Singh, Narinder Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal also attended the meet.