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The RSS's 'Modified' Swadeshi

While supporting FDI, disinvestment, Bhagwat urged the Modi government to not yield too much in its trade negotiations.

An RSS chief justifying foreign direct investment (FDI) and even disinvestment, even if it is to beef up the economy, would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Speaking at the Sangh headquarters in Nagpur on October 8, the auspicious day of Vijayadashami, sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat's speech had more than a few surprises. It was a

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