India
RSS wants Bharatiyas to adopt a ‘Swa’ based lifestyle along with modern development in its Centenary year
By : PARTHA ROY
Two-day Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari mandal Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) held in Mathura concluded on Saturday, 26 October’24
Sarkaryavah of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Dattatreya Hosabale ji addressed a press conference at Mathura on the conclusion of Baithak and said that the Sangh works for personality development and this process is going on continuously. He said that there will be a Training Camp for the Kaarykartas coming to the ‘Shakha’ and every group. In the Baithak, the expansion of work of various dimensions related to the Sangh was discussed also. In the meeting, RSS ‘s strategy and future plan of actions were discussed including connecting to new ideas,as well as new people in the society. The meeting also discussed how to connect people of different age groups and how to expand the work by swayam sevaks.
RSS has entered the Shatabdi Varsh (centenary year) by completing its 99 years this year. Brainstorming was done to work out strategy & plan to celebrate upcoming Vijayadashami. Karyakartas will go among the society with the topics of Panch Parivartan (Swa-based lifestyle, Samajik Samrasta (social harmony), Kutumb Prabodhan (family enlightenment), Environment and Civic Duty).
Shri Dattatreya Hosabale ji told that the first unit of Sangh work is Shakha. In terms of expansion of work, 72,354 shakhas are running in 45,411 places. In this, 3626 places have increased as compared to last year and 6645 shakhas have increased. Similarly, the number of weekly meetings held in a week was 29369, in which there has been an annual increase of 3147. Dattatreya Hosabale ji told that where there is no shakha, monthly Sangh Mandali work is going on in such places. This year there are Sangh Mandali in 11,382 places, this year there has been an increase of 750 places. Sangh work is spread across the country in the form of a total of 1,13,105 such units. He told that next year the meeting of Pratinidhi Sabha will be held in Bengaluru and the expansion of work will increase till the Pratinidhi Sabha. He said that the Sangh works to build the character of the workers. This method of character building should not be seen only in discussions but also in conduct and for the past years the society has been experiencing this.
Swayamsevaks plays important role in providing relief during disaster. This year too, during the flood in the Tarakeswari river in West Bengal, swayamsevaks served 25,000 people in relief camps. During the Orissa floods, 4000 people were provided health and food assistance. In July, one thousand swayamsevaks each were engaged in landslides in Wayanad and Karnataka and provided relief work. Swayamsevaks also arranged for food etc. during the floods in Vadodara, Jamnagar, Dwarka. Along with this, the last rites of 600 people who died in the disaster were also performed, not only Hindus, but the dead of different communities were also cremated according to their traditions.
Sarkaryavah Dattatreya ji said that the work of ‘Swa’ is the work of the fragrance of the soil. Mahatma Gandhi had also said Swarajya. ‘Swa’ means ‘Swadheenta’, Rashtriya Swatva. Here, Bharatiyas have to behave with our own tradition, our own civilization, its experiences, follow modernity, do not forget ‘Swa’ even in modernity. Dattatreya Hosabale ji said that this is the 300th year of Punyashloka Ahilyabai Holkar. Social awakening, renovation of temples, efficient governance shows that even 300 years ago, the women power was capable of running the government for the people and for public work.
Dattatreya Hosabale ji said the Sangh insists on culture, harmony, education and health. Sarkaryavah ji said that much of what is being shown on all social media internet platforms are not social. There should be freedom of speech & expression but there should be some regulation like Censor Board. There is a difference between control and regulations, and stressed on regulations. While speaking on the recent Bangladesh incident, Sarkaryavah ji said that the Hindu society does not need to migrate from there. They should stay there, it is their land, and Hindus have Shaktipeeths in Bangladesh. Sarkaryavahji said that Hindus live all over the world. Wherever there is a crisis, Hindus look towards Bharat.
On the Waqf Board, Sarkaryavah ji said that whatever decisions the JPC will take; the government will work further keeping in mind the public sentiments. Speaking on the subject of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi, Sarkaryavahji said that the matter is in the court, the court will take a decision. There is no need to do anything like Ayodhya, the society will decide. RSS are with the society.
Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar Ji, Sah Prachar Pramukh Narendra Thakur ji and Pradeep Joshi ji, were present in the press conference .