Overview

• Speaking at a New Delhi book launch on Aug. 18, Mohan Bhagwat said society cannot be transformed if half the population is excluded from work and decision-making.
• He said the RSS consults the Rashtra Sevika Samiti on issues and invites women from affiliated organisations to Pratinidhi Sabha core committee discussions where decisions are taken unanimously.
• Bhagwat asserted that women associated through families and affiliates at least equal the number of swayamsevaks and that women hold leadership roles in core groups and implementation teams.
• He described women’s participation as “evolving naturally” across regions and highlighted joint work in family awareness, service and outreach programmes.
• Coverage notes no formal change to RSS membership or the male-only shakha system, with the Sevika Samiti continuing in parallel and one report citing 43 full-time workers.