Bhagwat to address youth in Mumbai

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat will interact with Gen Alpha and Gen Z students in Mumbai on August 6, days after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union education minister following the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth protests against the NEET exam paper leak.

Bhagwat will address the inaugural ceremony of India’s International Movement to Unite Nations’ (IIMUN) Annual Championship Conference at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC), marking the organisation’s 15th anniversary.

The event will bring together more than 2,000 students aged between 15 and 19 from over 100 cities across the country. Gen Alpha includes people born from 2010 to 2024, making them part of the 0-16 age group as on 2026. Gen Z comprises those born between 1997 and 2012, placing them in the 14-29 age group. The RSS chief’s address will inaugurate IIUMN’s flagship Annual Championship Conference, where students will debate and deliberate on local, national and international issues.

The inaugural ceremony will centre on the theme ‘The Role of Youth in Uniting the World, the Indian Way’.

Pradhan announced his resignation on July 25 after the CJP protests at Jantar Mantar, which started on June 20 and included a well-attended ‘Sansad Chalo’ march on July 20.