RSS coordination meeting in Nagpur ahead of assembly elections
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 2
Ahead of the crucial assembly elections next year, BJP’s ideological fountainhead RSS is holding a two-day coordination meeting of major Sangh affiliates in its headquarters at Nagpur, beginning tomorrow.
The meeting is expected to discuss preparedness of Sangh cadres ahead of elections to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, say sources.
The meeting will be attended by organising secretaries of affiliates like the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh.
From the BJP, general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh will participate, they say, adding that the meeting may discuss preparedness of cadres in view of the forthcoming elections early next year.
The meeting will be addressed by Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Sarkaryawah Dattatreya Hosabole (who has been keeping a close watch on developments in UP) and his predecessor Bhaiyyaji Joshi.
“Every year, a comprehensive meeting of Sangh and its affiliates is held in September. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic the meeting last year was limited. This year also a small meeting has been planned. There will probably be a comprehensive meeting early next year when the situation becomes normal,” Sunil Ambekar, Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of the RSS, was quoted as saying.
Ambekar did not elaborate on the agenda, though the sources said the strategy for upcoming elections is a part of it along with matters like developments in Afghanistan and their effect on India and farmers’ welfare issues. The Sangh believes that winning Uttar Pradesh is important for the BJP’s success in the 2024 General Election.
