The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is set to hold its three-day Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal meeting in Indore from November 2, where the organisation is expected to discuss structural changes, its centenary celebrations and several current political and social issues.
The meeting is significant as it will take place around four months before the RSS's next organisational elections, scheduled for March 2027. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the Sangh's highest decision-making body, holds elections every three years.
According to people familiar with the developments, the November meeting will formally introduce changes to the organisation's internal structure. One of the major changes involves replacing the existing prant-level structure with sambhag, or division-level, arrangements.
Under the proposed system, prant pracharaks will be replaced by sambhag pracharaks. The number of pracharaks is expected to increase from 46 to 85, while the number of kendras, or state-level centres, will be reduced from 11 to nine.
After the November meeting, state-level RSS units are expected to elect new executive bodies, along with sambhag sangachalak and kshetra sangachalak positions. These organisational representatives will subsequently participate in the process of selecting the new Sarkaryavah, or general secretary.
The current general secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale, was elected to a second three-year term in 2024. RSS terms generally run for three years, and there is no fixed limit on the number of terms an individual can serve.
The meeting will also review the RSS's centenary celebrations and assess the impact of its outreach programmes. The organisation completed 100 years in 2025, making its nationwide activities an important part of its current organisational focus.
Political and policy issues are also expected to feature in the discussions. These include the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and concerns raised by different political parties about the Election Commission's processes.
The RSS is also expected to discuss the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and issues relating to identifying illegal residents. RSS outreach head Sunil Ambekar recently reiterated the organisation's support for a uniform civil code and said there should be a legally sound mechanism to address discrepancies in electoral rolls.
His comments came amid a political debate over SIR, with opposition parties raising concerns about the process and alleging that the Election Commission is influenced by the Union government. The Election Commission and government authorities have their own positions on the matter.
The Indore meeting is therefore expected to combine internal organisational restructuring with discussions on contemporary political and social issues. The decisions taken there could shape the RSS's organisational functioning ahead of its 2027 leadership election.
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