Requests to join RSS rise nearly 5 times after Pranab's speech
June 25, 2018 22:54
Former president Pranab Mukherjee's presence at an RSS valedictory session earlier this month has spiked people's requests to join the organisation, particularly in his native West Bengal, a senior state RSS leader claimed today.
Senior RSS leader Biplab Roy said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was receiving many applications by those wanting to join the organisation post Mukherjee's speech at Nagpur on June 7.
"From June 1 to June 6, on an average, we used to receive 378 requests everyday on our website 'Join RSS' at the national level. On June 7, the day Mukherjee addressed our Shiksha Varg, we received 1,779 requests. After June 7, we have been receiving 1,200-1,300 requests everyday," Roy told reporters, adding that 40 per cent of the requests were from Bengal.
When asked whether Mukherjee attending the program has increased the popularity of RSS among masses, the Sangh leader said, "It would be wrong to interpret it in that way that because of Mukherjee, the acceptability of RSS has increased. RSS is popular among masses because of its activities in the society.
"But, yes after Mukherjee's address there has been an increase in such interests among the masses, this is one of the reasons," he said.
Mukherjee was invited by the RSS to address its Shiksha Varg on June 7 and attend a parade by the Sangh workers on completion of the training camp. It was an annual training camp, meant for 'swayamsevaks' in their third year in the organisation.
-- PTI
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