Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an RSS training session on June 15. This will be the first meeting between the two after the results of the Lok Sabha elections were declared on June 4.
The upcoming meeting comes days after Bhagwat said a true ‘sevak’ is not arrogant and serves the people by maintaining dignity, as part of his first remarks after the Lok Sabha election results that delivered a record third term for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government but with a reduced mandate.
The words of the head of the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, assume significance as the party, despite an aggressive poll campaign, fell far short of the ambitious ‘400 paar’ call for the NDA. The party even failed to get to the majority mark of 272 – it won 240 of 543 Lok Sabha seats – as an energised INDIA bloc prevented a Modi wave. The BJP relied on NDA allies, including TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar, to form a coalition government at the Centre.
During the meeting tomorrow, Adityanath and Bhagwat are likely to discuss issues ranging from the Lok Sabha elections, the expansion of the RSS in Uttar Pradesh and other issues of interest.
In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP suffered a surprise jolt in Uttar Pradesh, managing only 33 seats, down from 62 it won in 2019. The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance won 43.
Earlier, Bhagwat addressed volunteers in the Sangh Karyakarta Vikas Varg Camp being run at SVM Public School in Chiutaha area where a training camp is being organised from June 3 where about 280 volunteer workers are participating.
On Thursday, Bhagwat discussed the expansion of the Sangh, political scenario and social concerns with about 280 volunteer workers, who were handling the responsibilities of the Sangh in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur and Awadh regions.
The RSS chief has emphasised increasing the number of branches and expanding the organisation and has also given suggestions on the expansion of various projects being run by the Sangh.
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