Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers on Sunday took out their traditional 'path-sanchalan' (march) here in the presence of organisation's supremo Mohan Bhagwat.
The RSS chief is in the city to take part in the Madhya-prant meeting of the organisation, ahead of the lok Sabha polls. Media was not allowed to cover any event during his three-day visit here except Sunday’s march from Board Office in Shivaji Nagar to Model School in TT Nagar. Traffic was diverted for the march and police were deployed in strength for security. People were seen showering flowers on the marching RSS workers at many places along the seven-km route.
On the concluding day of the RSS convention, approximately 1200 Swayamsevaks in black side caps, white shirts and khaki shorts marched through the city. Bhagwat also met with women from various occupational groups in the city.
Meanwhile, leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Satyadev Katare sought intervention of Bhagwat over scams in the Professional Education Board (PEB). Katare in a letter sent on Sunday asked Bhagwat to convince Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan to hand over the probe into the education and recruitment scams in the PEB to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Katare in his letter said, “Shivraj Chouhan has cleverly not only linked you to the PEB scam but also blackened your face by organising your meeting for three days on the premises of a person accused of participation in the scam.”
The RSS meeting was organised at the lakshmi Narain College of Technology. One of the directors of the institution, Anupam Chowksey, is the main accused in the Dental and Medical Admission Test scam. He said the several senior RSS supporters like Ajay Shankar Mehta, vice president of the Jan Abhiyan Parishad, were being probed for their role in the PEB and other scams.
Dr. Mehta’s manager Harshit Shrivastava was recently arrested for his alleged involvement in the Sanskrit Board scam. Mehta’s firm printed question papers and processed mark sheets for the Board. His firm, Automated Trusted Solutions, is accused of selling pass certificates to at least 600 students. He concluded by asking Bhagwat to take the ruling party to task for spoiling the image of the RSS and the Government.