Nagpur: Dattatreya Hosabale, who was elected as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s sarkaryavah (general secretary) on March 20, may move to the RSS headquarters at Nagpur after reshuffle of stations allotted to the functionaries is done.
“At present, Hosabale’s administrative base is at Lucknow, which would continue to remain for some time,” said Dipak Tamshettiwar, Vidarbha prant karyavah (head of Vidarbha region) of RSS.
Tamshettiwar, who had attended the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) in which Hosabale was elected the new sarkaryavah, was briefing journalists in the city about the developments. Sarkaryavah is responsible for the day-to-day decisions in the RSS.
Both the sarsanghchalak (chief) and sarkaryavah are stationed at Nagpur, which is also the RSS headquarters.
“At present, Hosabale’s headquarters will remain at Lucknow. A decision to shift it to Nagpur would be taken eventually. This means Hosabale’s mailing address will remain RSS’s Lucknow office. However, this is just a formality,” Tamshettiwar told TOI. “Even administrative base of Mohan Bhagwat remained Kolkata for nearly two years after he became the sarkaryavah,” he said. Bhagwat later shifted to Nagpur.
“The reshuffling of bases would happen soon. Even Hosabale would be coming to Nagpur, a decision on it would be taken in a few months or maybe a year,” he added.
Giving details of the pratinidhi sabha meet at Bengaluru, Tamshettiwar said, “The first resolution taken in the meet was that construction of temple at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi is manifestation of innate strength of the country.”
The month-long donation drive to collect funds for building the temple has got an overwhelming response throughout the country. In Vidarbha, over Rs57 crore was collected from more than 27 lakh families. This is much more than the expectations.
“When the drive began, it was planned to contact 25 lakh families for getting the contribution. However, not only a larger number of people donated for the temple, but even the collections exceeded the target by Rs7 crore,” he said.
Donations were received from villages in remote areas like Melghat and Gadchiroli also. Over 12,000 villages in Vidarbha were covered during the drive, said Tamshettiwar.