Thiruvananthapuram: While the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been organising programmes nationwide to celebrate its centenary, one event in Kerala this week garnered special attention—not for its grandeur, but due to the presence of former director general of police, Jacob Thomas. On Wednesday, Thomas attended a celebratory event near Kochi, donning the traditional Sangh uniform, and said in his speech that the organisation does not discriminate on the basis of caste or religion, and works towards nation-building.

Retired in 2020 after an acrimonious relationship with the state’s Left government, Thomas had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021, and had even unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections that year from a constituency in Thrissur. Having maintained a low profile so

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