RSS chief’s 10-day visit to Mathura ends

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath met Mohan Bhagwat on October 22 and held discussions on ways to make Mahakumbh in Prayagraj a widely accepted event, not only religiously but also culturally.

After attending the two-day national executive meet during his ten-day stay in Mathura’s Parkham village, the Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to leave the district on Tuesday.

RSS Sarsanghchalak offering floral tribute to the portrait of Bharat Mata at an event held in Prakham in Mathura. (File)

Although the National Executive Meet ended on Saturday, the RSS chief was holding meetings throughout his stay. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath met him on October 22 and held discussions on ways to make Mahakumbh in Prayagraj a widely accepted event, not only religiously but also culturally.

The meet at Gau Gram in Parkham stressed on adopting ‘Swa’ (self) based lifestyle along with modern development. The Sarkaryavah of RSS, Dattatreya Hosabale said the Sangh works for personality development and this process was going on continuously.

During the ten-day deliberations, Sangh leaders spoke about training camps for the ‘kaarykarta’ coming to the ‘Shakha’, devising means to connect with new ideas and people, the expansion of the work done by swayamsevaks as the RSS entered its Shatabdi Varsh (centenary year).

Where there is no branch, monthly Sangh Mandali is held. This year, Sangh Mandali was held in 11,382 places, an increase by 750 places. Such expansion will be done in a total of 1,13,105 places before the meeting of the representative assembly to be held in Bengaluru next year.

In all, 386 office bearers from 46 prant (organisational provinces of RSS) were in Parkham during the two-day meet.