Kochi, Jun 22 (UNI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is expanding as a social force aiming to reach 3 lakh villages across the country in the next 3 years.
"As the RSS completes 100 years, the focus remains on evaluating how existing activities can be further intensified and expanded," Prajna Pravah National Convener J Nandakumar has said.
The Sangh has set a target to establish one lakh new shakhas (branches) within the next year, the RSS leader said.
Stating that RSS activities are active in more than 60,000 villages across India, he said the Sangh has already grown to become the world’s largest voluntary organisation.
"The time is ripe for organisational planning and renewed efforts to ensure the Sangh’s presence extends to even more regions in the coming years,"
Talking on political controversies in Kerala, J Nandakumar said, "Kerala is undergoing a silent yet tectonic social shift. A deep-rooted pseudo-progressive mindset gripped the state over the years."
Kerala is currently gripped by a social, political and religious atmosphere that fosters anti-national sentiments and promotes ideas that run counter to Bharatiya culture and values, the RSS leader
told a news channel.
Over the Left Ministers boycotting Raj Bhavan events, he said, "Labelling the iconography of Bharat Mata image as communal is a dangerous precedent."
"Will the singing of Vandemataram be banned at state events for its association with nationalist fervour? This is not secularism. This is denial of Bharat’s cultural heritage," he felt.
"Anti-nationalism has got many forms and its ultimate expression is Communism. Leftist ministers boycotted the Environment Day program at Rajbhavan because there was a picture of Bharat Mata on the stage," he added.
"Kerala has developed a mindset that views anyone who speaks against Bharat or Bharatiya values as inherently progressive, liberal, and secular."
A peculiar socio-political and religious climate in Kerala has left the people of the state largely unaware of the sweeping changes taking place across the nation and the world."
"This socio-political system must change, and that change is bound to happen soon in Kerala.
The transformation will be positive and far-reaching," the RSS leader observed.
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