provincial governments. It also opposed the linguistic reorganisation of the states. It opposed the Hindu Code Bill. It announced the formation of the Sangh Parivar organisations such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, and explained their rationale. It also printed regular news reports regarding their activities. In 1954, it supported the RSS faction in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and denounced the president Mauli Chandra Sharma. In 1980, it denounced the Janata Party leadership over the dual membership issue and warned it that it would lose support both inside and outside the party. In 1983, it took the Bharatiya Janata Party to task for its alleged failure to attract "mass support," while it was able to attract non-Hindus. In 1990, it denounced the Mandal Commission recommendation of reservations. In 1998, it contemplated the form of the national government, whether it should be parliamentary, presidential, or some other form. It denounced multinationals, the World Bank loans and the economic liberalisation. It campaigned against the NCERT textbooks that went against Hindu nationalist views. In 1997, it covered the reconversion of tribal Christians. It consistently paints the Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar as a Hindu nationalist, an anti-Muslim and an opponent of the Congress party. It expresses outrage about the perceived injustices to Hindus. Current status In February 2013, media reports indicated that the RSS had dismissed the editors of the Organiser as well as Panchjanya for having taken a pro-Narendra Modi stand ahead of the RSS's endorsement of him as the Prime Ministerial candidate, and while they extended no support for the BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Vijay Kumar, the Managing Director of Bharat Prakashan took temporary charge as the editor of Organiser. In July, Prafull Ketkar, a political scientist from the BRD Arts and Commerce College for Women in Nashik, was appointed as the editor. Multiple controversial articles have since appeared in the magazine, most notorious of which being an article calling Kerala a "Godless country." The article invited widespread condemnation including a censure by the Press Council of India. The publication of an interview of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the run-up to the Bihar polls is said to have embarrassed the BJP government and contributed to the defeat of the party in the polls. In January 2016, the RSS has appointed Jagadish Upasane, a former journalist with India Today and a director in the Bharat