RSS stays on Modi path; national regeneration gains eminence
By Our Special Correspondent
New Delhi, March 14: National regeneration, rewriting history and countering narrative of opponents have been the usual theme of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the ascendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of the government and the saffron outfit. The Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) also stays the Modi course, complimenting the usual narrative by associating its worldview with the current theme of the BJP.
The annual meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the RSS’s most important body, concluded in Panipat, Haryana on Tuesday. At a press conference, Sarkaryavah (joint general secretary) Dattatreya Hosabale informed that an important resolution was passed in view of the RSS’s future endeavours towards national regeneration.
“This resolution will provide direction to the society as India marches ahead confidently during the ongoing Amrit Kaal and as the RSS approaches its centenary in 2025. At a time when India is taking bold steps on the path to global leadership, citizens need to be vigilant of those looking to impede Bharat’s progress,” said Hosabale.
He stated that the RSS and the entire society will continue to work to remove all the obstacles coming in the way of the nation’s resurgence. “The narrative about the country should change as we march ahead in this Amrit Kaal, and answers to questions pertaining to India should emanate from India only,” he added.
Striking convergence of thoughts with the BJP, Hosabale further stated that “distorted history should be replaced by correct history, so that the countrymen can take pride in their heritage”. “Art, literature and other expressions of creativity should reflect contemporaneity,” he added.
The full convergence of the worldview is significant, for a few of the RSS affiliates such as the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, Bharat Kisan Sangh and Bharat Mazdoor Sangh had been striking discordant notes with the Modi government throughout last year on a host of issues. But with the BJP bracing up for the big Assembly elections this year, as well as the Lok Sabha polls next year, the RSS is seen blanking out any scope for differences in a clear bid to ensure that the saffron outfit’s hold in the national politics remains undiluted.
“In addition to the resolution, three important statements were issued, one each on completion of the 200th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, the 350th year of the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and the 2550th year of Nirvana of Mahavir Swami,” said the RSS in a media statement.
The centenary year of the RSS starts from the Vijayadashami of 2025, but the ABPS did not firm up any plan of action for the landmark event. “However, the Sabha has chalked out a strategy to expand the Sangh’s footprint, and ramp up its quality of service activity. The Swayamsevaks of Shakhas will study the social realities of villages and settlements, and work towards addressing their problems by involving the local communities. Such experiments and endeavours are already being made, and were discussed in the ABPS meeting, which had started on March 12 in Samalkha’s Pattikalyana-based Seva Sadhna evam Gram Vikas Kendra,” added Hosabale.
In the coming months, the RSS will aim to focus on five dimensions of social transformation — social harmony, family values, ecological conservation, Swadeshi (bharatiya) conduct, and civic duty.
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