Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday exhorted young women to actively participate in its student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
Hosabale said ABVP ideologue and organisational thinker Yashwantrao Kelkar strongly advocated women’s participation, full-time involvement of female students and constructive work in student organisations.
He noted that Kelkar played a key role in building the ideology and organisational structure of the student body.
The RSS leader was addressing the “Priye Kelkar Ji" special recitation programme organised by the ABVP’s Delhi unit at the Kedarnath Sahni Auditorium here to mark Kelkar’s birth centenary year.
Hosabale said Kelkar strongly encouraged women’s participation and constructive work in student organisations. “In the broader context of national reconstruction, these ideas were meant to build an ideal student movement in the field of education," he said.
The RSS leader also added that Kelkar worked collectively with several senior ABVP-associated figures, including Dattaji Didolkar, Bal Apte and Madan Das Devi, and played a “special pioneering and foundational role" among them.
