Prant Pracharak Baithak Of RSS To Be Held In Delhi From July 4 To 6
RSS's annual Prant Pracharak Baithak will be in Delhi on July 4-6, 2025. Leaders Mohan Bhagwat and Dattatreya Hosabale will attend, reviewing training camps and centenary plans.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) annual national level Prant Pracharak (provincial in-charge Pracharak) Baithak will be held in Delhi on Vikram Samvat 2082 – Ashadh Shukla Navami, Dashmi and Ekadashi on July 4, 5 and 6, a press release said.
The meeting venue will be 'Keshav Kunj' RSS office building in Delhi. According to the release, all Prant pracharaks, Sah prant pracharaks and Kshetra (Regional – unit of 3-4 provinces) pracharaks, Sah kshetra pracharaks will be attending this meet.
As per the RSS organisational structure, there are a total of 11 regions and 46 prants. Akhil Bharatiya Sangathan Mantris (national level organising secretaries) of RSS, inspired by different organisations, will also be attending this meeting.
After the March 2025 Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), different level training camps were organised nationwide in April, May and June. This is regarded as an important meeting to discuss the implementation plan for the upcoming year.
The release said that the agenda for this meeting mainly includes a report and review about recently concluded RSS training camps, execution details about upcoming year-long RSS centenary year programmes, tour plans of Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak Ji for the year 2025-26 and other events.
The RSS centenary year (2025-26) programs begin from Vijayadashami, which falls on October 2, 2025, and will continue till next year's Vijayadashami 2026.
As per the release, the meeting will mainly be attended by Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Mananiya Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale, all Sah Sarkaryavahs, including Krishnagopal, CR Mukund, Arun Kumar, Ramdutt, Atul Limaye, and Alok Kumar, all national-level Karya vibhag pramukhs (working vertical in-charges) and other executive council members.
For this meet, Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak will arrive at Delhi on June 28.
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June 23, 2025, 14:58 IST
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