“The founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the first Sarsanghachalak Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar had said that RSS is the organisation of the entire society. We are experiencing this since 99 years. The reach is evident from the expansion of Sangh’s work since 2017. The work of the RSS is ongoing in 99 per cent districts of the nation. We will not celebrate the centenary separately, but will take entire society with us,” said Dr Manmohan Vaidya, Sah Sarkaryawah of the RSS. He was interacting with mediapersons at the Swami Dayanand Saraswati premises of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) at Reshimbagh on Friday. Sunil Ambekar, Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh was also present on the dias. “Our centenary celebration will begin on Dussehra 2025 and will continue till Dussehra of 2026. Before Dussehra 2025, we will see whether we have completed our work or not. We will try to expand the RSS and will try to strengthen our work. From the centenary year, Swayamsevaks are expected to get involved in social transformation,” said Dr Vaidya.

 

While briefing the media about the expansion of the Sangh’s work, Dr Vaidya informed, “Sangh Rachana (structure) has 45 ‘Praants’ across the nation followed by ‘Vibhaag’, Districts and then ‘Khands’. RSS has 73,117 daily ‘shakhaas’ in 922 districts, 6,597 ‘khands’ and 27,720 ‘mandals’. Each ‘mandal’ comprises of 12 to 15 villages. The number of ‘Shakhaas’ has witnessed a year-on-year growth of 4,466. These ‘Shakhaas’ include 60 per cent students and 40 per cent of working ‘karyakartas’. Out of these, 11 per cent are people above 40 years of age. There are 27,717 ‘saptahik milan’, which has increased by 840 than the previous year. The present number of Sangh Mandali is 10,567. About 10,000 localities in towns and cities have 43,000 ‘shakhaas’.”