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RSS Meeting Links Demographic Imbalance, Youth Protests to Systemic Failures

RSS Meeting Links Demographic Imbalance, Youth Protests to Systemic Failures
Demographic imbalance’s impact on harmony, youth protests; systemic failures thrashed out: RSS · theprint.in

The RSS held a three-day meeting in Visakhapatnam to discuss major concerns in society.

One concern was that some communities are growing faster while others are shrinking.

RSS leaders said this could affect harmony in some regions.

They also discussed young people’s worries about education, jobs and their future.

The leaders said recent protests at Jantar Mantar showed problems in the larger system, not only corruption or NEET.

They said change should happen peacefully and constructively rather than through destruction.

Drug use among children and young people was another concern.

The RSS said both the government and society should work together to address these problems.

The meeting included hundreds of delegates from organisations linked to the RSS.

Key facts

Meeting
Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak, or all-India coordination meeting
Duration
Three days, concluding August 21
Participants
326 delegates, including 49 women
Organisations
32 Sangh-affiliated organisations
Demographic concern
Population growth in some communities and decline in others, with possible effects on harmony
Youth issues
Education, employment, aspirations, NEET and concerns about systemic failures
Drug concerns
The reported spread of drugs into smaller cities, villages and schools

Quotes

C R Mukunda

Sangh leader who briefed reporters about the RSS coordination meeting

“Certain classes or certain communities are seeing a massive increase in their population while other communities and classes are seeing a decrease—this imbalance was taken up seriously here and it was discussed.”
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“The all-India coordination meeting held wide-ranging discussions on demographic imbalance, drug abuse, youth concerns, systemic shortcomings and the need for constructive efforts by government and society.”
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