RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to unveil statue of Dilip Singh Judeo

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Sunday evening for a four-day visit during which he will unveil the statue of former BJP MP and Union minister the late Dilip Singh Judeo in the tribal-dominated Jashpur district, a Sangh functionary said.

Lohardaga: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat reached Jharkhand's Lohardaga on Sunday. Elaborare security arrangements have been made for the arrival of the RSS chief. After having food at the residence of Sachchidanand Lal Aggarwal, the provincial union leader of Jharkhand in Lohardaga, he will leave for Jashpur in Chhattisgarh. He will attend a programme where RSS volunteers will be present in large numbers.

Mohan Bhagwat will be the chief guest in the Tribal Pride Day celebrations organised by Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in Jashpur on Monday. In the celebrations, Bhagwat will unveil the statue of the late BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo. Dilip Singh Judeo, who was a BJP minister of state in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, died in 2013, had carried out the 'Ghar Wapsi' campaign in the tribal areas of north Chhattisgarh.

People from the Gumla, Lohardaga and Simdega districts of Jharkhand are participating in the programme. Senior officials of the district administration and police administration are keeping an eye on the security arrangements of the RSS chief. (With Agency Inputs)