Rss Khakhi Shorts

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's "shorts" comment to allege that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) discriminates against women is indecent and derogatory, union minister Smriti Irani has said.

The khakhi shorts along with a black cap, white shirt, brown socks and bamboo stick have been the 'ganvesh' or the trademark uniform of the RSS. The renowned knee-length khaki shorts that the Sangh cadres have worn for generations will now make way for grey-coloured trousers.

As a group of Sangh Parivar activists fresh from the morning RSS shakha hit the campaign trail, some of them still in the trademark khakhi shorts, the narrow bylanes of Patel Nagar, a middle-class neighbourhood in the heart of Muzaffarnagar resonate with slogans of 'Hindu-Hindu bhai-bhai', 'Vande mataram' and 'Ab ki baar, Modi sarkar'.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's "shorts" comment to allege that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) discriminates against women is indecent and derogatory, union minister Smriti Irani has said.

The khakhi shorts along with a black cap, white shirt, brown socks and bamboo stick have been the 'ganvesh' or the trademark uniform of the RSS. The renowned knee-length khaki shorts that the Sangh cadres have worn for generations will now make way for grey-coloured trousers.

As a group of Sangh Parivar activists fresh from the morning RSS shakha hit the campaign trail, some of them still in the trademark khakhi shorts, the narrow bylanes of Patel Nagar, a middle-class neighbourhood in the heart of Muzaffarnagar resonate with slogans of 'Hindu-Hindu bhai-bhai', 'Vande mataram' and 'Ab ki baar, Modi sarkar'.