10,000 RSS shakhas added in decade across India; 411 in Gujarat in 5 years

Ahmedabad/Nagpur

In last five years, RSS has grown from 541 places to 723 places and 991 shakha to 1402 daily shakha, 820 weekly meets, 717 monthly meets and 2939 locations in Gujarat.

These details were shared by RSS leader of western region Shri Jayantibhai Bhadisia during interaction with media persons in Ahmedabad.

He added that 60% of total branches in Gujarat were rural, while 70% involve youths.

Nationally Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has added about 10,000 shakhas during the last decade and more than half of these came up in the last one year.

Currently, there were 50,432 shakhas across the country, a senior leader of the Hindu nationalist outfit today said in Nagpur.

Significantly, more than half of the new shakhas came up in the last one year. Shakha is a place where RSS volunteers gather every day.

“The RSS shakhas are increasing and more and more youths from schools and colleges, particularly those pursuing higher studies in medicine, engineering and technology, are attracted to the Sangh,” said Vidarbha joint secretary of RSS Deepak Tamshettiwar.

As many as 6,684 new shakhas were added since November 2014, he said.

RSS planned to increase its presence in 55,435 mandals (clusters of ten or more villages), increasing the number of Shakhas there to 20,000 by 2018, he said.

With inputs from PTI