He said, “in common life full trousers are used by people and we have accepted it”.
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The decision was taken at the annual meeting of Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision making body of the outfit, at Rajasthan’s Nagaur. The fabled RSS shorts will be replaced by brown pants because RSS wants to move with the times. General secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi is expected to make an official declaration on the final day of Sangh’s three-day meet in Nagaur at a press conference.
The desire to revamp the uniform is motivated by the Sangh’s concerted efforts to woo the younger generation; from activities at Shakhas to the use of technology, the RSS is positioning itself as a contemporary organisation with a traditional outlook. He added, in a lighter vein, that the Sangh would not mind if anyone wearing a brown trouser was considered a swayamsevak. It is said that the white shirt replaced a khaki shirt in the closing years of RSS founder Dr. K.B. Hedgewar himself.
In an attempt to attract more youth towards its ideology, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has finally made a decision to do a makeover in its dress code. “Every delegate approved of the change by saying “om”, as they do with other proposals as well”, a source said.
But the process of replacing the old with the new will take time.
A discussion was mooted again at a Sangh meeting in Ranchi previous year, where options for a new uniform were discussed and paraded before RSS members.
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He said the details of when the new uniform will become functional will be worked out. The khaki colour, however, will stay. In 1973, leather shoes replaced long boots.
