RSS does not run the BJP: Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said his organisation does not "run" the BJP, which he described as an "independent political outfit".

"We don't run the BJP, which is an independent political outfit. We also don't have the time to run it," Bhagwat said addressing a 'meet-the-press' programme here.

He, however, clarified that if BJP seeks help on any constructive issue, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is always ready to help.

On several queries on the BJP leadership issue, Bhagwat said it is the party's internal matter and hoped they will resolve the same.

"To decide on who will be the next president of BJP is their prerogative," he said. When asked whether the RSS was keen to have the next BJP chief from outside Delhi, he said, "this is not true, but infact this had been communicated to us by them (the BJP)..we dont know who their next head will be".

On the charges that the organisation indulged in "moral policing", Bhagwat said there was no truth in this. "After India became Independent, we have always submitted ourselves to the law of the land though we have our own ideology and we follow that".

When asked to make a choice between BJP and the Congress, he said, "we are not to make this judgment. This choice is made by the people whenever the elections are held."