Speech of Man. Rajjubhaiya at the Sankalpa Shibir organised in Gujarat in 2000 A.D.

Seeing such a large number of Swayamsevaks in their uniform every mind is feeling happy. Few years back when late Shri Laxman Raoji Inamdar was in Gujarat a similar shibir was attended by only five to six thousand Swayamsevaks. In all the major important programmes it is not the attendance alone which attracts attention but it is the efforts that are made to contact the society at large to ensure that they participate in our programmes. A number of our workers contacted various places for this purpose. The focus is more on the number of places than the count of those who attended that is how it is aptly called Sankalpa Shibir.

If all those who have come from different places, through contacts of the Swyamsevaks will follow the discipline hear, they will be helping to create a most efficacious atmosphere which they will cherish all through. It is possible that some of our brothers have come for the first time to attend the Shibir and perhaps they are in the uniform for the first time, it is even possible that they are not used to such a hard discipline or sense of keeping time, or they may not have stayed in Shibir in such cold, yet you will all be able to easily withstand all the physical rigors along with the Swayamsevaks. I desire that this Shibir becomes a memorable event in your life so that you keep the memories all through your life.
From the Sangh point of view, atmosphere in Gujarat is most congenial. The workers attending this Shibir will realise how conditions are favourable to carry on the Sangh work in the society.

Normally such programmes are rather few and infrequent because it requires lot of efforts but it is through such Shibirs that our capacity and skill in ogranisation and management becomes amply clear. Through these programmes we establish contacts with different places and we are able to spread our thought amongst them. At the same time it is equally true that such large programmes are not of any use either for personal contact or to bring about change in anybody's day to day life. For that Shakha, the programmes organised by it, and the cultural development brought about through its participation a close company of the Sangh authorities and the lessons they try to imbibe through their personal life is very useful. That is why all you brothers have to understand the basic importance of Shakha. It is very necessary to keep this in mind.

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