BHOPAL: Aiming to decentralise its old organisational structure to expand activities and public outreach, the RSS has decided to switch to Sambhag (division)-based organisation from its decades-old Praant (provincial) system in Madhya Pradesh. Come April 2027, the RSS will switch to the new system, bidding adieu to the three Praants system in the state.
The switchover to the new system is in line with a similar shift to the Sambhagiya (provincial) organisational model across the country, decks for which were cleared at the recent meeting of the Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) in Haryana. Sangh’s Madhya Bharat Prant Sanchalak Ashok Pandey confirmed that the transition to the new Sambhag (division) based system in MP, will happen in April 2027.
“In all, 90-plus organisational districts, which now form part of the three Praants (Madhya Bharat, Malwa and Mahakoshal) in the state, will subsequently be part of the new system of seven Sambhags. The two Sambhags of Madhya Bharat Praant will have at least 30 districts,” Pandey told this newspaper in Bhopal on Tuesday.
The ABPS is RSS’s highest decision-making body. Meeting annually, it sets the agenda, reviews shakha work and passes resolutions on key national and social issues. In line with the ABPS clearing the Sangh’s micromanagement strategy in RSS’ centenary year, the overhaul of national organisational structure will see transition from 46 Praants to 85 Sambhags across the country.