The RSS will increase participation of women in social awareness programmes and the matter will be discussed in the annual meeting held in Haryana’s Samalkha.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 12, 2023 21:21 IST
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaks during a meeting in Kolkata in January. (Photo: PTI)
By Aishwarya Paliwal: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is set to increase participation of women in social awareness programmes and the same will be discussed at the annual general body meeting of the RSS.
RSS joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya said on Sunday that women volunteers will be seen in shakhas across the country soon.
The RSS has been accused of being anti-women even after having a large number of women in organisations like Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, ABVP, Durga Vahini and Bharat Vikas Parishad.
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Last year, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS of “suppressing women” and claimed that that was the reason why the organisation has no female members.
Sources told India Today that participation of women will be discussed and approved in the Sangh meeting.
On the expansion plans of the RSS, Vaidya said that the Sangh is working at 71,355 places across India and it aims to reach 1 lakh places before 2025, that is the 100th year of the RSS.
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The three-day annual general body meeting of the RSS started in Haryana’s Samalkha during which it will also take stock of the work done by it and its affiliates in the last one year, and also decide its course of action for the next one year.
BJP national president JP Nadda, national general secretary BL, National Co-Organisation general secretary Shiv Prakash, national general secretary Sunil Bansal, national vice president Saudan Singh and BJP organiser V Satish were part of the Sangh meeting.
Members of 34 organisations directly or indirectly affiliated with the RSS also attended the meeting.
