RSS will elect it’s new general secretary in March, to replace Bhaiyyaji Joshi

Leaders representing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS’s) approximately 60,000 shakhas (branches) across the country will meet at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur over the weekend to elect a new Sarkaryawah or general secretary.

The election will be held in March at Nagpur replacing the aging incumbent, Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi has held the position for a record twelve years from 2009. The post of sarkaryavah is the highest executive post in the RSS and he manages the day-to-day activities of the organization.

The ‘election’ for the post of sarkaryavah, due during the scheduled annual meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) will herald reworking of priorities, recalibration of short and mid-term goals, and formation of new equations among the top brass of the Sangh Parivar.

The ‘election’ for the post of sarkaryavah, due during the scheduled annual meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) will herald reworking of priorities, recalibration of short and mid-term goals, and formation of new equations among the top brass of the sangh parivar.

he ABPS, with almost 1400 members, is the highest collective decision-making body of the RSS and is mandated to meet at least once every year. Every third year, when the ‘election’ takes place, the assembly is held in Nagpur while on other years, it is held in other cities. It was last held in Nagpur in March 2018.

Although the meeting will be a restricted affair this year due to the continuing Covid-19 protocols, the decisions are taken by the truncated body likely to be attended by less than 500 members will carry equal import. The RSS leadership has exercised caution since early March last year and canceled its ABPS meeting scheduled in Bengaluru on March 14-15 last year.