Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda said that the BJP is a political organisation and RSS, a cultural and social organisation, which does its own work.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party was planning to ban its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), after winning a third term

JP Nadda said in the interview that during Vajpayee's time, the party needed the RSS (to run itself) because it would have been less capable, smaller). However, now, the BJP runs

BJP national president J P Nadda has said that the party has grown from the time it needed the RSS and is now “saksham” (capable) and runs its own affairs. The RSS, he said, is an “ideological front” and does its own work.