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Mohan Bhagwat Reviews RSS Expansion in West Bengal
Mohan Bhagwat leads the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS.
He is scheduled to visit Bardhaman in West Bengal on Thursday.
He will meet people who help run the organisation in different parts of the state.
They plan to discuss how the RSS has grown over the past year.
They will also review efforts to connect with different groups in society.
Reports about the organisation and its branches are expected at the meeting.
The group will talk about social programmes and plans for next year.
A programme bringing Swayamsevaks together is also planned.
This is Bhagwat’s first visit to the state since a new government was formed after the Assembly elections.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to meet office-bearers in Bardhaman town on Thursday.
Representatives from the organisation’s north, central and south regional units are expected to attend.
The meeting will review a year-long public-relations effort and the organisation’s growth in West Bengal.
Reports on the RSS’s organisational structure and the number of branches in the state are expected to be presented.
Discussions will cover future social programmes, next year’s plans and a Swayamsevak unification programme.
- Who
- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and office-bearers from the organisation’s north, central and south regional units in West Bengal.
- What
- A meeting to review the RSS’s expansion, public-relations efforts, organisational structure and future programmes.
- Where
- Bardhaman town, East Burdwan district, West Bengal.
- When
- Thursday; the article gives no calendar date.
- Why
- To assess the results of a year-long public-relations effort and the organisation’s growth in the state.
RSS’s stated aims
Independent assessment
Expansion and public outreach
RSS’s stated aims
RSS insiders say the meeting will assess a year-long public-relations exercise and the organisation’s growth and branch numbers in West Bengal.
Independent assessment
The article provides no independent assessment or opposing response to the RSS’s account of its expansion.
Key facts
- Meeting location
- Bardhaman town, East Burdwan district, West Bengal
- Meeting convener
- Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
- Expected attendees
- Office-bearers from the RSS’s north, central and south regional units in the state
- Review focus
- Public-relations work, organisational growth and branch numbers
- Other planned activity
- A Swayamsevak unification programme
- Context
- The meeting is described as taking place amid the RSS’s 102nd foundation day celebrations.
- Visit context
- The article calls it Bhagwat’s first visit to West Bengal since a new state government formed after the Assembly elections.
Quotes
An RSS insider
An unnamed insider from the RSS state unit.
“The report on how the organisation is growing by utilising the public relations that the Sangh has increased across West Bengal over the past year will be presented to everyone in the presence of Bhagwat. The report on how the number of RSS branches has increased in West Bengal will also be submitted.”
thehansindia.com
“Now it is time for our national chief to take a stock of the results of that year-long intense public relations exercise, which will be done at the meeting at Bardhaman town later in the day.”
thehansindia.com
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