Overview
- RSS leaders ended a three-day coordination meeting on Aug 21 in Visakhapatnam and said the Jantar Mantar youth protests point to broader administrative and institutional failures rather than only corruption.
- The Sangh urged that change must come through constructive engagement and reform by the government together with society rather than through disruption.
- Delegates raised concern about regional demographic imbalances and falling fertility, saying shifting population ratios can threaten local harmony and require planning by civil society and policy makers.
- The meeting highlighted a growing drug problem among children and young people and called for coordinated action by schools, parents, police, health services and social organisations.
- RSS representatives stressed expanded youth outreach—citing about 21,000 annual 21‑day trainees and over 60% youth attendance at shakhas—reviewed AI’s social risks and confirmed Mohan Bhagwat’s planned centenary tour to the US, Canada and the UK to counter misinformation and engage diaspora audiences.