NDTV reports: The BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has sent political circles buzzing with a comment that appears to contradict Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said yesterday that the BJP won the election because the common man wanted change, a day after PM Modi credited his party's victory to its new chief Amit Shah.

"The same individuals and the party existed earlier also. Why were not they voted to power," he questioned, adding that if people are not happy, they will change this government too.

"Some people say the success was due to the party. Others say it was because of some individuals. This change was not due to some individual, party or organisation. The common man wanted change," Bhagwat said at an event in Bhuvaneswar.

The Congress see this as a divide in the parivar. "Paradox schisms between the RSS/ BJP already manifesting? PM attributes election results to one man while Mohan ji Bhagwat credits people," Congress leader Manish Tewari tweeted this morning.