Mumbai: Following suggestions by some senior officer-bearers that the traditional khaki shorts be replaced by full-length pants, Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision-making body of the RSS, has formed a committee to examine the issue.
Satish Modh, RSS Sanghchalak of Konkan region, said on Wednesday, "The issue of changing our uniform was brought up during our three-day long meeting of Karyakari Mandal in Ranchi, which decided to form a committee.”
"The committee would put forth its recommendations in the next meeting of Pratinidhi Sabha in March 2016 at Nagaur in Rajasthan, and a decision would be taken accordingly."
During the meeting, several pracharaks said that the shorts discourage youths from joining the RSS, and hence the uniform should be updated.
"Half-pants is our most reputed and trusted brand and this is why we say that knickers are there only because of the Sangh, and the Sangh is not because of the knickers," he quipped.
The issue of doing away with khaki shorts had been discussed at RSS forums and circles many times in the past.
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