PM Modi to Retire in September 2025? Speculation Over His Successor Grows

Mar 31, 2025 Komal Das

PM Modi visited the RSS headquarters and laid the foundation for the Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed PM Modi visited the RSS headquarters to announce his retirement, citing RSS’s search for new leadership

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Raut claimed the RSS would choose Modi's successor, likely from Maharashtra, and that Modi was summoned to Nagpur for a closed-door discussion

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Congress leader Husain Dalwai supported Raut’s claim, suggesting Modi's visit was linked to retirement, and criticized the RSS, calling it a terrorist-like organization

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Modi hailed the RSS as a "banyan tree" of India's culture and modernization, praising its volunteers for their selfless service and national consciousness

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