NEW DELHI, July 7:
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday said it will reach out to everyone in the society through a series of programmes, including more than one lakh ‘Hindu sammelans’, planned during its centenary year to foster social integration in the country.
The RSS will complete 100 years of its foundation this Vijayadashmi, which falls on October 2.
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Addressing a press conference on the outcome of a three-day meeting of the RSS pracharaks, which concluded on Sunday, the outfit’s national publicity and media department head Sunil Ambekar said the discussions were held on the programmes planned to be organised during the centenary year.
It has decided to launch a nationwide ‘Grih Sampark’ drive to reach out to people in every basti, village and city, he said.
“We had carried out a similar drive to reach out to every ghar (family) in the country on completion of 75 years of the RSS’ foundation. Crores of people had been contacted during this pan-India drive,” he said.
Over the past 25 years, the RSS has further expanded its “work” (footprints), he said, adding that the Grih Sampark drive, to be conducted during the centenary year, aims to reach out to a “maximum” number of people.
Ambekar said that while ‘Hindu sammelans’ will be held by the members of the society at more than one lakh locations, Samajik Sadbhav Baithaks (Social harmony meetings) will be held in about 11,360 blocks and towns.
Across all the districts, ‘Pramukh Nagrik Gosthis’ (symposiums) will also be organised during the centenary year, he said.
Ambekar also said the RSS’ main goal for the centenary year is to foster holistic social integration through “inclusive outreach” across all geographies and communities. (PTI)
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