Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 2: The name of the successor of Ashok Koul is likely to be decided in the annual ‘Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal’ Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that began today in Indore city, Madhya Pradesh. The three-day meeting will conclude on Nov ember 4, and all senior leaders of the RSS from across the country are attending this meeting. This annual meeting of the RSS is also known as “Diwali Baithak”, in which important decisions regarding implementing programmes and policies for next year, especially those highlighted by the Sarsanghchalak, are usually taken in this important meeting. Highly placed sources said that RSS is likely to depute some “Pracharaks” to the BJP in this meeting. The Pracharaks, who would be deputed to the BJP, would work as general secretary (organization) in different states. Sources further revealed that a decision regarding a new general secretary organization for Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be taken because the post is lying vacant following the resignation of "This annual meeting of the RSS is also known as 'Diwali Baithak', in which important decisions regarding implementing programmes and policies for next year, especially those highlighted by the Sarsanghchalak, are usually taken" shok Koul. As reported earlier, on September 26, Senior Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Ashok Kaul resigned as organisation general secretary, a post he held for nearly 12 years, citing advancing age and health concerns as reasons for stepping back from active organisational duties. Meanwhile, according to Sunil Ambekar, Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, RSS, with the recently concluded auspicious festival of Vijayadashami, the series of programmes organised across the country in the last year as part of the Sangh’s centenary year has come to an end. “The meeting will discuss follow-up action on the important issues raised during the Vijayadashami address by Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat this year. The meeting will also review all the programmes organised during the centenary year”, he said. “Extensive discussions are expected on important contemporary issues, including content on new media platforms, rising concerns about drug abuse, external interference in Bharat’s internal affairs, and the global scenario, among others”, he said. |