![]() “We have been working for years for an absolute majority and now support is overflowing.” “It is thrilling,” said RSS campaigner Prabhu Narain Srivastava, wearing the group’s uniform of baggy khaki shorts and a white shirt as children under his tutelage exercised and played school-yard games in Lucknow, the capital of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. In the election, these volunteers carried voter lists on tablet computers or mobile phones, the biggest operation by the organization since 1977 when disparate opposition groups merged to beat former prime minister Indira Gandhi and her Congress party. ![]() Many are recruited into the RSS as children and stay in the movement through their lives. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers from the movement led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) actively campaigned in the election, using technology and sheer manpower to mobilize voters in regions where Modi’s party has traditionally been weak. ![]() REUTERS/Anindito MukherjeeĪfter the stunning majority won by Modi’s party in the general election, the movement that believes multi-faith India should be recognized first and foremost as a Hindu nation feels closer than ever before to achieving its goals. Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) light fireworks during celebrations after Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister outside the BJP headquarters in New Delhi May 26, 2014.
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