Annual Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Begins in Indore

Review of centenary year programmes, implementation of Panch Parivartan, and expansion and consolidation of shakha’s to be deliberated upon

 

Indore, 2 November 2026. The annual meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (All India Executive Board) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh commenced today at the Sant Shri Ravidas ji Maharaj Sabhagar of Daily College, Indore. The meeting was inaugurated by Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat ji and Mananiya Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale ji by offering floral tributes at the portrait of Bharat Mata.

 

About 400 representatives from across the country are present at the meeting. These include Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak ji, Mananiya Sarkaryavah ji, all Sah Sarkaryavahs, Akhil Bharatiya Padadhikaris, Kshetra Sanghchalaks, Kshetra Karyavahs and Kshetra Pracharaks of all 11 Kshetras (regions) of the Sangh, and Prant Sanghchalaks, Prant Karyavahs, Prant Pracharaks and their sahayogi karyakartas of all 46 Prants. Apart from these, the Akhil Bharatiya Sangathan Mantris and Sah Sangathan Mantris of some of the varied Sangh-inspired organisations have also been invited to the meeting.

 

The meeting will continue till the evening of 4 November. During the meeting, a review will be undertaken of the programmes organised under the centenary year of the Sangh from Vijayadashami 2025 to Vijayadashami 2026. Deliberations will be held on the future implementation and anuvartan (follow-up) of these programmes, and on reaching out to the various sections of society through them. In particular, there will be discussion on the work-plan for effectively taking the subjects of Panch Parivartan (five-fold transformation) into the conduct of society and for their continuous follow-up.

 

The expansion of shakhas carried out by swayamsevaks during the centenary year will also be reviewed. Deliberations will further be held on making the expanded shakhas more effective and regular, on consolidating them, and on commencing shakhas at an increasing number of places.

 

The thoughts presented by Pujaneeya Sarsanghchalak ji in his Vijayadashami udbodhan on contemporary national and social subjects will also be discussed at the meeting. Consideration will be given to effectively carrying these subjects to society and to preparing a future work-plan in consonance with them.

 

 

Statements on three important historical and inspiring personalities will be issued on behalf of Mananiya Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale ji at the meeting.

 

1. Shri Rajnarayan Basu - A statement on the life and contribution of Shri Rajnarayan Basu, the Pitamah (grandsire) of national consciousness, on the occasion of his 200th birth anniversary.

 

2. Swami Shraddhanand ji - A statement on the life, work and contribution of Swami Shraddhanand ji, the purodha (vanguard) of the Shuddhikaran movement, on the occasion of the centenary year of his balidan (supreme sacrifice).

 

3. Vedanta Kesari Swami Laxmananand Saraswati ji - A statement on the occasion of the centenary year of the birth of Swami Laxmananand Saraswati ji, who dedicated his life to the awakening of swabhimaan (self-respect), swavalamban (self-reliance) and swadharma (self-dharma) in the Kandhamal tribal region of Odisha.

 

 

At the commencement of the meeting, Sarkaryavah ji offered shraddhanjali (reverential tributes) to eminent personalities of society and karyakartas who passed away in the last few months, prominent among whom are film actor Shri Nana Patekar, Smt. Asha Bhosle, Pujya Sant Padma Shri Ramesh Baba, former President of Vivekanand Kendra Shri Balakrishnan ji, Shri Balveer Punj, Shri S. Vedantam of Chennai, journalist Shri Virag Pachpore, Parag Vedik of Mumbai, former Vice-Chancellor Shri Devendra Pratap Singh and Shri Sachchidanand Mahanty, renowned singers S. Janaki and Suman Kalyanpurikar, and Shri Vinod Kumar, senior pracharak of the Sangh, among others.

 

 

A special exhibition depicting the 100-year journey of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the progressive growth of Sangh work in the Malwa Kshetra has also been set up at the venue of the meeting. Mananiya Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale ji had inaugurated this exhibition on 31 October. From today, the exhibition has also been made available for viewing by media representatives.