{"id":119662,"date":"2017-03-08T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=46108"},"modified":"2017-03-08T14:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:51:42","slug":"rss-annual-meeting-held-first-time-tamil-nadu-times-india-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=119662","title":{"rendered":"RSS annual meeting to be held for the first time in Tamil Nadu | Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COIMBATORE: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader L K Advani, BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Coimbatore on March 21 to participate in the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of RSS&#8217;s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha. Besides Amit Shah, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari is also likely to participate in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in its 92-year history, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will organise its annual meeting in Tamil Nadu. &#8220;Since its inception in 1925, this is the first time that the organisation&#8217;s AGM will be held in Tamil Nadu. It will be held at Amrita University between March 19 and 21,&#8221; said state deputy leader for media relations R Suryanarayanan.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if this meeting is being organised keeping in mind the political scenario in Tamil Nadu, Suryanarayanan said, &#8220;This has got nothing to do with the political situation. The decision to organise the meeting was taken in the previous meeting itself (last year).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Right-wing organisation and the parent outfit of the BJP plans to strengthen its base in Tamil Nadu. &#8220;We have 400 full-time volunteers in Tamil Nadu. We plan to increase our volunteers&#8217; strength and reach out to all the villages in Tamil Nadu and spread the RSS ideology,&#8221; said Suryanrayanan.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was a target to achieve in terms of enrolling volunteers, the spokesperson said, &#8220;We do not have any targets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and national general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi will inaugurate the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the second day, we will discuss key social and national issues, and resolutions will be passed based on the discussions,&#8221; Suryanarayanan said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"last7brdiv\">&#8220;Amit Shah will participate on the closing ceremony. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari is also expected to participate,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<p>Asked about home minister Rajnath Singh, who is a core RSS member, Suryanarayanan said, &#8220;We are not aware about his programme yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"last3brdiv\">A total of 1,500 members will take part in the meeting. &#8220;Members of the RSS and its constituent organisations -BJP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh &#8211; will participate,&#8221; said Suryanaryanan.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COIMBATORE: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader L K Advani, BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Coimbatore on March 21 to participate in the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of RSS&#8217;s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha. Besides Amit Shah, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari is also likely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}