Top RSS leaders meet in Kerala capital

The RSS leaders’ Kerala visit came amid the BJP’s bid to spread its wings in the southern State ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Top 10 RSS leaders, including its chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, held a two-day meeting here.

The two-day ‘baithak’ (meeting) of the senior RSS leaders that began on Monday is a “routine affair” happening in between two executive meetings of the organisation, a well-informed source told PTI.

“Usually, developments happening between two national executives are discussed in such meetings. Even if there are no developments, such meetings will be held. Only 10 top functionaries (of the RSS) are attending the meeting in Thiruvananthapuram,” the source said.

The meeting was held in Kerala as the RSS chief was touring the southern State.

Bhagwat, who has been in Kerala since October 7, attended various programmes, including the “Amritashatam lecture series” organised by Kesari Weekly in Kozhikode and a meeting of the State Sanghchalaks in Kollam on October 8.

Speaking on the topic ‘Organisational Science of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ in Kozhikode on Saturday, Bhagwat said the Sangh organised the Hindus because “we are all Hindus” whose diversities go together.

“We have our languages, we have our worships, we have our castes and sub-castes, so many religions, so many ways of living...everything is different. Still, from times immemorial we are connected together. And as time passes, the diversity increases. One language becomes many languages. That happens in the natural course. Still, we are holding together. Why? Because this is our sanskar; this is our sanskriti,” Bhagwat said referring to the culture.