NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that no one could have anticipated that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), founded with just a handful of members, would evolve into the world's largest organisation within 100 years.

Speaking to party workers at an event in Lucknow, Singh remarked, "The RSS was founded nearly 100 years ago in a small room with only five or seven members. No one imagined that it would become the world's largest organisation by now."

Asserting that it's a "divine blessing" that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the world's largest political party, Singh attributed the growth to the "many people living their lives like sages and ascetics."

Referring to the nation's progress, he noted, "In 2014, we were 11th (largest economy in the world), and today

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