Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru(DC)

Mangaluru, Nov 14: Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah arrived at Mangaluru airport here on November 14 evening and headed towards RSS office.

He will take part in the southern India Baithak (session) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) along with party and pro-Hindu leaders to discuss about the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Shah who arrived at the Mangaluru airport was received by BJP MPs, MLAs and district level leaders of the party and directly proceeded to Sangh Niketan at Mannagudda to take part in the RSS session. He will stay overnight in a private hotel here and go back to Bengaluru by air on Thursday morning.

Amit Shah was accompanied by local leaders of the party. All top leaders of the party State unit, including members of the core committee and office-bearers, will be taking part in the meeting.

RSS session which is meant to discuss about the future working plans of the organization is an important event which is being held at two places in the country now. The northern India Baithak is being held at Varanasi and the southern one is being held in the city. The programme began here on November 10. It will continue till November 15. Important leaders of RSS including its Karyavaha (general secretary) Bhayyaji Joshi (Suresh Joshi) would be taking part in the programme. BJP national leaders have been, as a matter of protocol, taking part in the national level Baithaks of RSS.

Although the participation of BJP national president in this Baithak is as per practice followed so far, it is said that RSS is likely to provide certain guidelines to BJP in drawing up it strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.