PRAYAGRAJ: The four-day meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM), the meeting of the organisation’s national executive, began at Vatsalya Institute, Gauhania here on Sunday.
RSS chief (Sarsanghchalak) Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary (Sarkaryavah) Dattatreya Hosabale inaugurated the meet. The four-day meet will conclude on October 19.
Senior office-bearers of all 45 prants (provinces) and 11 kshetras( zones) along with their deputy functionaries are participating in the annual meet. The expected number of delegates is 377 and most of them are attending the proceedings.
Hosabale welcomed all the delegates and the functionaries then condoled the deaths of prominent personalities, including Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth Swami Swaroopanand Maharaj, Panchpeethadhishwar Acharya Dharmendra, former chief justice of India RC Lahoti, comedian Raju Srivastava, industrialist Cyrus Mistri, archaeologist BB Lal and Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The first day saw intense discussions on steps needed for further expansion of the organisation. RSS is all set to complete its hundred years in 2025 and therefore the office-bearers considered plans to expand the number of ‘shakhas’ across the country.
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