Jammu: More than 19,000 people have joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) from January till mid of March, said an official from the voluntary organisation here on Saturday. “In two and a half months from January to March 13 this year, 19,048 new people joined the Sangh,” Prant Sanghchalak, Dr. Goutam Mengi told reporters at a press conference here today. He was flanked by Prant Sehkaryawah Avtar Krishan.
“These are the people who have nothing to do with the Sangh. A large number of people are joining it through the ‘Join RSS’ link on the official website of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,” he said. From the RSS website, 1,25,726 new people have joined the Sangh in 2017, 1.5 lakh in 2018, 1,29,520 in 2019, 1,32,500 in 2020 and 1,06,154 in 2021, he said. “This time the plan for the centenary year has been made in the meeting of the House of Representatives that ended in Karnavati, Gujarat. In the next two years, branches are to be started in all the Mandals across the country,” he disclosed.
Dr Mengi said that the meeting of the All India Pratinidhi Sabha of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was held from March 11 to 13 in Karnavati (Gujarat)- the highest meeting of the Sangh, in which policy decisions were taken. Under the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, it has been decided that society will have to make united efforts for the development of the country, he said adding, “things changed a lot after the Corona pandemic.
Instead of big events for development works, public awareness will have to be brought by organizing small events. For this, various campaigns will be run till the month of August.” “For development we have to move towards self-reliance. Instead of expecting to get employment, one has to be a job creator. We have to make small groups and try to solve them by doing social studies. In fact, the goal of the Sangh is that we make efforts at our level and move on the path of development,” he added.
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