<p>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is planning to expand its network over the next three years as more and more people are looking to associate with it, the organisation’s joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya said on Friday.</p>.<p>Vaidya, the Sah Sarkaryavah, was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Akhila Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the RSS’ highest decision-making body that started its two-day meeting here on Friday. </p>.<p>RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and other senior leaders inaugurated the meeting. </p>.<p>Vaidya said there was an increase in the number of people wanting to associate with the Sangh. “Not all may join the Sangh. But they are ready and eager to work with the Sangh,” he said, adding that the ABPS meet would chalk out the expansion plan for the next three years. </p>.<p>“There is a growing curiosity about the RSS,” Vaidya said, attributing this to “extensive public contact” during Covid-19 and Ram Mandir campaigns. </p>.<p>Noting that RSS shakhas were in 6,495 taluks, Vaidya said 85% of them had become active after Covid-19 regulations were eased. He said the mandals, comprising 10-12 villages, had been formed. “There are 58,500 such mandals in the country of which active shakhas were present in 40% and contact had been established in 20%,” he said, adding that the Sangh wanted to reach all the mandals in the next three years. </p>.<p>Vaidya said the ABPS would pass resolutions to express thanks to the society that responded positively during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ram Mandir donation drive. </p>.<p>Asked about allegations that homes were being marked during the Ram Mandir donation drive, Vaidya said no such practice was followed. “Such marking is not our system. We consider everyone as our own, whether they donate or not,” he said. </p>
<p>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is planning to expand its network over the next three years as more and more people are looking to associate with it, the organisation’s joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya said on Friday.</p>.<p>Vaidya, the Sah Sarkaryavah, was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Akhila Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the RSS’ highest decision-making body that started its two-day meeting here on Friday. </p>.<p>RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and other senior leaders inaugurated the meeting. </p>.<p>Vaidya said there was an increase in the number of people wanting to associate with the Sangh. “Not all may join the Sangh. But they are ready and eager to work with the Sangh,” he said, adding that the ABPS meet would chalk out the expansion plan for the next three years. </p>.<p>“There is a growing curiosity about the RSS,” Vaidya said, attributing this to “extensive public contact” during Covid-19 and Ram Mandir campaigns. </p>.<p>Noting that RSS shakhas were in 6,495 taluks, Vaidya said 85% of them had become active after Covid-19 regulations were eased. He said the mandals, comprising 10-12 villages, had been formed. “There are 58,500 such mandals in the country of which active shakhas were present in 40% and contact had been established in 20%,” he said, adding that the Sangh wanted to reach all the mandals in the next three years. </p>.<p>Vaidya said the ABPS would pass resolutions to express thanks to the society that responded positively during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ram Mandir donation drive. </p>.<p>Asked about allegations that homes were being marked during the Ram Mandir donation drive, Vaidya said no such practice was followed. “Such marking is not our system. We consider everyone as our own, whether they donate or not,” he said. </p>