Need to connect more youth with positive, constructive social work: Dattatreya

Jammu, Dec 6: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarkaryawah Dattatreya Hosbale Saturday emphasised the need to connect more youth with positive and constructive social work, with focus on social harmony and overcoming all forms of discrimination.

While detailing about five-pronged action plan of RSS in its centenary year, he outlined the responsibility to protect the environment and strengthen family and community bonds. Along with this he also highlighted the duty of every citizen to contribute actively to nation-building.

He also asserted that “Sanatan” was the identity of “Bharat” (India), which was acknowledged by the world as well.

He was delivering his key note address on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in a Pramukh Jan Goshthi (prominent citizens’ meet) organised at the Convention Hall, Canal Road, Jammu.

Former Chief Justice High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Tashi Rabstan graced the event as the chief guest. Prant Sanghchalak Dr Gautam Mengi and Vibhag Sanghchalak Surinder Mohan also shared the dais.

The central theme of the programme was “100 years journey of RSS and the vision for future”, focusing on the RSS’s journey over the last hundred years and its vision for the future.

More than 500 people attended the event, including swayamsevaks, intellectuals, social workers, academicians, professionals, and representatives from various sections of society.

The programme began with the reception of the invited guests and their formal seating in the convention hall. After the dignitaries took their places on the dais, floral tributes were offered to the portrait of ‘Bharat Mata’, which created an atmosphere of patriotism and devotion.

This was followed by the formal introduction and welcome of the dignitaries on the stage. The organisers briefly explained the objective of the ‘Jan Goshthi’, highlighting that the centenary of the RSS was an occasion to recall its social and national contribution and to discuss the path ahead.

In his address, former Chief Justice Rabstan reflected on the constructive role of RSS in promoting social harmony, national unity, and civic responsibility.

Dattatreya Hosbale, in his address, recalled the historical background in which Dr K B Hedgewar founded the RSS and narrated the organisation’s steady growth across different parts of the country. He explained how, over the last hundred years, the Sangh continuously worked at the grassroots through daily shakhas, service projects, educational initiatives and social reform efforts.

He also stressed that the central idea of the Sangh had always been to build a strong, self-confident, culturally rooted and united Bharat. Further he pointed out that swayamsevaks (RSS workers) contributed, often silently, in various fields of national life while remaining committed to the ideals of discipline, character-building and selfless service.

He called upon the gathering to view the centenary of the RSS not as an end, but as a milestone in a long journey of service to society and the nation.

The programme concluded with the singing of the national song Vande Mataram and on an inspiring note, with participants expressing a renewed sense of commitment towards social service, national unity and the ideals that guided the RSS over the last hundred years.