Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls in four major states and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, top functionaries of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliate organisations are holding a three-day annual meeting in Pune for three days beginning September 14.
Being seen as a crucial get-together, the RSS’ annual meeting will be attended by RSS chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat, General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, his deputy Arun Kumar, four other joint secretaries and key functionaries of the affiliate Sangh Parivar organisations.
Union Home Minister and BJP’s strategist Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda will also attend the three-day meeting which will be held at the SP College campus along Tilak Road in Pune. Representatives of as many as 26 affiliate organisations including the BJP, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Vidya Bharati, iBharatiya Kisan Sangh, Sanskar Bharati, Seva Bharati and Sanskrit Bharati will take part in the meeting.
Leaders of the RSS and its affiliate organisations will deliberate upon issues like social harmony, environment, family values, social service, economy and national security.
Ostensibly under the guise of deliberating up “current national scenario,” the participants will also take stock of the political situation in the country. Shah and Nadda will also address the gathering.
On the sidelines of the three-day meeting, RSS chief Bhagwat and general secretary Hosabele will confabulate with Shah and Nadda and exchange views on the forthcoming Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.