A spectacular style makeover may see trousers replacing the khaki shorts that have defined members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS for over 90 years.

A change in the RSS uniform is on the agenda of the highest decision making body of the RSS - the Akhil Bharatiya Patinidhi Sabha - which meets on March 11-13 in Rajasthan.
 

Even the colour may change; grey, blue and black are being debated for the pants.
 

The RSS, the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP, set up a committee after many senior members suggested that it was time to update the Sangh uniform and ditch the flared "half-pants" to attract more young people. The proposal has been discussed at RSS forums for years, but a decision has never been taken. It was shot down at a meeting in 2009.
 
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who was general secretary then, was among those who supported a new-look uniform.   "When the well dug by ancestors gives dirty water, there is no point drinking from it. A new well can be dug," Bhagwat said, using a Hindi phrase that translates to changing with the times. -- NDTV.