Gadkari's Letter is Just Another Sign of the Growing Schism Between BJP and RSS
"It appears that the days of Modi’s absolute control over the party are over," writes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
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Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari, wrote a letter to Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, endorsing the demand of a trade union in the insurance sector to withdraw GST on premiums paid by people while renewing or taking a life and/or medical insurance policies.
It must be read within the context of not-so-nuanced criticism of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi from within the Sangh Parivar, particularly from the Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat.
The letter is the latest development in the narrative of divergent views over a growing number of issues between Delhi and Nagpur, a parliamentary constituency that Gadkari represents, besides being the headquarters of the RSS.
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(The writer’s latest book is The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin. This is an opinion piece. The views expressed above are the author’s own. The Quint neither endorses nor is responsible for them.)
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