New Delhi, March 13 -- With more than a year to go for the 2026 Assembly elections, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has already intensified its efforts in West Bengal. This comes soon after securing consecutive electoral victories in Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi for the saffron unit.

The Sangh aims to double its presence in the state before the 2026 elections. The RSS has reportedly grown its branches from around 530 to over 2,500 in the past 14 years, sources said. This expansion is not merely numerical; it's about embedding the RSS's ethos in Bengal's socio-political fabric.

Sources stated that one of the RSS's primary strategies in West Bengal is expanding its grass...