After 90 years, RSS executes image makeover, opts for trousers
11 Oct 2016 3:23 PM IST11 Oct 2016 3:23 PM IST
The shift is rooted in the Sangh's desire to change by adopting a more convenient dress that is in tune with the changing times.
Smart dark brown trousers donned by RSS functionaries instead of khaki shorts they had worn for the last 90 years, stood out at the Sangh's foundation day ceremony today, but the traditional bamboo stick will remain part of the uniform.- The shift is rooted in the Sangh's desire to change by adopting a more convenient dress that is in tune with the changing times.
- Over 8 lakh trousers have been distributed, including 6 lakh stitched trousers, and cloth for another 2 lakh handed over to RSS offices in different parts of the country.
- Volunteers in the northern and eastern states, which witness harsh winter, will also wear dark brown sweaters. Orders for the first lot of one lakh such sweaters have already been placed.
- The traditional bamboo stick will, however, remain part of the uniform.
- RSS has also gone for change in the colour of socks to be worn by its volunteers, replacing the old khaki with dark brown, to go with the brown trousers they would now wear, with white shirt and black cap.
- While other aspects of its attire, from shirts to shoes, have undergone a makeover since the Hindutva organisation was founded in 1925, its khaki shorts, modelled after the then British constabulary, had been a constant.
- The change in uniform was mooted in 2009, but there was no forward movement.
Smart dark brown trousers donned by RSS functionaries instead of khaki shorts they had worn for the last 90 years, stood out at the Sangh\'s foundation day ceremony today, but the traditional bamboo stick will remain part of the uniform.
The shift is rooted in the Sangh's desire to change by adopting a more convenient dress that is in tune with the changing times.
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