Strong buzz: RSS could see change of guard today
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Strong buzz: RSS could see change of guard today
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BENGALURU/NAGPUR: Will the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) see a change of guard on Saturday? All eyes are on the event as speculation is rife that Bhaiyyaji Joshi may step down as the ‘sarkaryavaha’ or general secretary of RSS on the second day of the Sangh’s triennial that began in Bengaluru on Friday, its first such meet outside Nagpur. Sources in Nagpur said there are chances that Dattatreya Hosabale, who hails from Shimoga in Karnataka, may take over. The second day may see the election of the ‘sarkaryawah’ only if incumbent Joshi, 73, does not seek another term and all members agree to replace him. He is in his fourth term, each term lasting three years. On Friday, the RSS said anti-national and anti-social forces were trying to foil efforts for a solution to the ongoing farmers’ agitation against three central farm laws. “The prolonged protests are apparently being aimed at creating an environment of disturbance and instability in the country for political gain,” the RSS said in its annual report of 2020-21 released on the first day of the two-day triennial meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the RSS’s highest decision-making body. It’s the RSS’s first official statement since the agitation broke out late last year.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-20
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India