As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) commemorated its centenary today, the clear message from Mohan Bhagwat, the Chief Mentor (Sarsanghchalak) of the world’s largest voluntary organisation, is India needs an indigenous development model as current models are failing across the globe.
The RSS was set up on Vijayadashami in 1925. The Sarsanghchalak addresses the swayamsevaks on every Vijayadashami. This address is seen as the guiding framework of the Sangh’s work for the forthcoming year. It also represents Sangh’s worldview on various issues and underlines challenges faced by society from its perspective.
This year’s Vijaydashami speech was watched with keen interest by both Sangh supporters as well as its critics as one expected this to indicate the direction that Sangh is going to t