By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The annual All India Executive Committee meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh commenced at the Sant Shri Ravidas Sabhagruha of Daly College in Indore. The meeting was inaugurated by the revered Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Ji and the esteemed Sarkaryavah Shri Dattatreya Hosabale Ji through floral tributes offered before the portrait of Bharat Mata. Attending the meeting are the Sarsanghchalak, Sarkaryavah, all Sah-Sarkaryavahs, All India office-bearers, Kshetra Sanghchalaks, Karyavahs and Pracharaks, Prant Sanghchalaks, Karyavahs, Pracharaks, and All India organization ministers of various organizations inspired by the Sangh.
At the outset of the meeting, the Sarkaryavah Ji paid homage to the prominent figures and karyakartas of society who passed away in the recent months. Among the prominent ones are – film actor Shri Nana Patekar, Smt. Asha Bhosle, revered saint Padma Shri Ramesh Baba, former president of Vivekananda Kendra Shri Balakrishnan Ji, Shri Balvir Punj, Shri S. Vedantam – Chennai, journalist Shri Virag Pachpor, Parag Vedik – Mumbai, former vice-chancellor Shri Devendra Pratap Singh and Shri Sachidanand Mahanti, renowned singer S. Janaki and Suman Kalyanpurikar, senior pracharak of the Sangh Shri Vinod Kumar, and others. In the meeting, three statements will be issued by the Hon’ble Sarkaryavah –
1. On the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Shri Rajnarayan Basu, the grandfather of national consciousness.
2. On the occasion of the 100th year of the sacrifice of Swami Shraddhanand Ji, the pioneer of the Shuddhi Movement.
3. On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Vedanta Kesari Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, who worked for the awakening of self-respect, self-reliance, and Swadharma in the Kandhamal tribal area of Odisha.
