by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
special report
Ram Temple Tops RSS agenda at 3-day conclave
RSS brass' 3-day meet in Bhubneshwar
Harish Gupta
New Delhi, Oct 10
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) working committee will brainstorm on key issues of Ram Temple, Article 370, National Citizenship Register and other key issues in Bhubneshwar. There are reports that the issue of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) may also come up during the brainstorming running into five days. While on October 15, all senior RSS workers will be part of the congregation- first major exercise in the Odisha Capital. The next day, members of the executive committee which is a larger forum will review the overall situation including the political situation.
Thereafter, three days Working Committee will be convened between October 17-20 where key policy decisions of the past will be reviewed and agenda next will be debated and finalised.
The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and General Secretary Bhayyaji Joshi will participate in the meeting apart from joint general secretaries Dattaterya Hosabole, Krishan Gopal, Manmohan Vaidya and others. The chiefs of 55-odd frontal organisations have also been invited at the three day conclave. There is a likelihood that BJP president Amit Shah and working president J P Nadda may take part for a day. VHP International Chief Alok Kumar has been specifically asked to be present as the Ram Temple issue is to be discussed in great detail. It seems a strategy is to worked out as the Ayodhya verdict will be out in November. The VHP has already said big preparations for the Ram Temple construction will begin.
There is a view in the RSS that UCC can wait for sometime as Ram Temple is of prime importance and process of construction must begin at a faster pace after the verdict.
The state of the economy and global warming, Upcoming Legislative Assembly elections
are among other subjects. The RSS also wants the government to seriously take up the issue of religious conversions and population control. Since the RSS chief has openly praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on more than one occasion, its a clear sign of bon-homie between the RSS and the BJP.
