This is a rare archival picture of Prime Minster Narendra Modi with Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh. When this picture was taken, the Sarsanghchalak of RSS was Balasaheb Deoras.

This is an edited version of the keynote address delivered by Atul Jain, General Secretary, DRI, in a virtual meet organised by the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Chair, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu on 25 September, 2020.