Veteran Journalist and first official RSS Spokesperson MG Vaidya passes away at 97

Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue MG Vaidya has passed away after a brief illness. He was 97.
Vaidya was a veteran journalist, a Sanskrit scholar and the first official spokesperson of the RSS.
The RSS is the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Vaidya became a member of the RSS in 1943.