New Delhi: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi will be the chief guest at the RSS’ Vijayadashmi function in Nagpur on October 18, a top Sangh functionary said on Tuesday.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has invited the social activist to attend its annual Vijayadashmi function as chief guest on October 18, and he has agreed, the Sangh’s joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya said.
The invite for the October 18 event.
The Vijayadashmi function is the most-watched event in the RSS as it is there that the Sangh chief outlines the objectives for the coming year and discusses matters of national importance. In last year’s address, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had touched on issues such as cow vigilantism and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
In 1925, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar had set up the RSS on Vijayadashmi.
Sant Nirmal Das Maharaj, a Dalit Sikh religious leader was the chief guest at last year’s event.Nirmal Das Maharaj was the first Dalit leader to be invited as the chief guest at the event.
Asked why Satyarthi has been invited this year, another Sangh functionary said like the RSS, he to has been working for the welfare of society. His organisation is doing a great job in rescuing children who have been forced into illegal labour and trafficking, the functionary said.