Uttar Pradesh: Largest gathering in Ayodhya by RSS workers since 1992 Babri Masjid demolition

News Desk: The Mohan Bhagwat led RSS along with other top 500 swamsevaks from across India participated in a mega ‘sharirik abhyas varga’ (physical training camp) on Wednesday at the sprawling Karsewakpuram campus in Ayodhya.

The five-day camp is the largest gathering of RSS workers and top functionaries in Ayodhya since the mobilisation of thousands of Sangh cadre in the temple town in the run-up to the Babri demolition in 1992.

On the second day of the training camp, top RSS leaders, including Bhagwat, participated in the session in traditional Sangh attire. After the fitness grind, RSS workers performed a parade.

In the second session, Bhagwat and Hosabale exhorted RSS workers to dedicate their lives to the organisation to become a complete swayam sewak. Cadres were told that Sangh training was not limited to physical exercise, but was a combination of ideology, knowledge, karma and bhakti. They took a pledge — “I belong to the Sangh and the Sangh is mine”.

An RSS functionary from Bihar said, the training camps provide an action plan, which help recruits become full-fledged swayam sevaks. RSS workers from different provinces of the country are residing at Karsevakpuram, where a grand arrangement for food and lodging has been made.