RSS making efforts to start branches in all wards, takes out route march in Coimbatore
The Hindu
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday said that it was taking efforts to start branches in all mandal/wards as the organisation is nearing the centenary year of its establishment.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday said that it was taking efforts to start branches in all mandal/wards as the organisation is nearing the centenary year of its establishment. The organisation took out a route march from Ponnaiyarajapuram to Raja Street in the city on Sunday, to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji, B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary and 200th birth anniversary of Vallalar. Across the State, route marches were held in 45 places. R.V Thangavel, State secretary of Vettuva Gounder Welfare Association, flagged off the route march at 3 p.m. at Ponnaiyarajapuram in the presence of BJP leader H. Raja. Over 700 cadre in uniform marched to the tunes of the band. They marched through Thiyagi Kumaran Street, Edayar Street and Thomas Street before it ended at Raja Street around 5.30 p.m. A public meeting was held after the march. Coimbatore City Police deployed 500 personnel for security purposes and law and order management for the march.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.