"RSS has changed his dress khaki shorts to brown trouser :"

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has replaced its khaki coloured knickers with brown trousers as the uniform. The decision was taken at the annual meeting of Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha at Rajasthan's Nagaur.

A nine decade old tradition has become history. Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has replaced its khaki coloured knickers with brown trousers as the uniform.

The decision was taken at the annual meeting of Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha at Rajasthan's Nagaur.

"We are not rigid, so changing with time," RSS General secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said as he made the official declaration on the final day of Sangh's three-day meet on Sunday.

Describing it as a "major change", Joshi said, "Pants are a regular feature in today's social life, so we took our decision accordingly."

For many decades the loose fitting, flappy khakhi knickers have been the most visible manifestation of RSS volunteers. A large section of the RSS now feels that the time has come to move on from the khakhi shorts but some old timers continue to hold out saying that there is no need to be swayed by fashion trends.

Suggestions have come for changing the trademark khaki to blue or grey, keeping in the mind sensibilities of the new generation, which RSS says is flocking to its shakhas. RSS sources said the issue has been discussed since last year's annual conference in Nagpur. RSS has allowed track pants in its shakhas for IT professionals.

The khaki uniform, the organisation claims, was designed by its first Sarsanghchalak KB Hedgewar, who borrowed it from the Congress Sewa Dal, a Congress sister organisation founded in 1924. In 1930, the black cap was adopted. In 1940, white shirts were introduced as the British banned private institutions from conducting drills as World War II broke out. Later, in early 1970s, high boots made way for leather shoes. The last change came in 2010, when leather belts were jettisoned in favour of canvas belts.

India Today had first reported that the proposal for uniform change was on the agenda and was likely to go through in this meeting. When the proposal was last debated 5 years ago, it was rejected because of opposition from elderly members of the RSS.

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