Doordarshan to telecast Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra address live

New Delhi/Nagpur

For the second consecutive year, Doordarshan will broadcast live RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s annual Dussehra address tomorrow to Hindutva organisation volunteers at a function in Nagpur.

DD’s maiden live telecast of his address at the ‘Vijayadashmi Utsav’ happened last year. As most of the private news channels were showing live telecast of Bhagwat’s speech, Doordarshan insisted that its coverage was from the “news point of view”.

The live telecast is driven by news point of view, a DD official said.

Former DRDO chairman and NITI Aayog member Vijay Kumar Saraswat will be the chief guest at the event, scheduled to be held on the sprawling Reshmibag grounds in the south-eastern part of Nagpur.

The RSS head uses the occasion, which coincides with the organisation’s foundation day as per the Hindu calendar, to talk about the outfit’s yearlong work and offer comments about events considered significant by it.

“Bhagwat ji will address swayamsevaks and spell out the outfit’s agenda for the year,” a RSS functionary said.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and a host of dignitaries from different walks of life are expected to attend the Vijayadashmi Utsav, a release from Vishwa Samwad Kendra said.

With inputs from PTI