New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will be celebrating the golden jublee of its overseas wing, the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, in the United Kingdom on July 31, according to media reports.
The event will be attended by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Joint Secretary Dattatreya Hosable, and international celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Richard Banson and Sir David Attenborough will also be present.
The group has collaborated with Dicaprio, a vegan, to power their anti-beef movement. Although the Sangh's main drive against the ban is purely religious, DiCaprio is more concerned about the environment, animal rights and climate change.
The Oscar-winning actor has made headlines several times in the recent past for raising awareness about climate change. DiCaprio has also produced a Netflix documentary about the animal agriculture industry's practices called Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret.
Environmental activists believe that eating less meat is an important step towards combating climatic change.
According to experts, greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector account to an alarming 14.5 per cent towards the global total, and beef and dairy are the most emissions-intensive products- responsible for 65 per cent of the total GHG's emitted from livestock.
Branson, also a vegan, echoes DiCaprio's concerns. "For the last few months, I have given up what was previously one of my favourite foods: beef. Eating less red meat can be healthier, better for the environment and – surprisingly to me – really easy to do so," the business magnate wrote in 2014.
Bhagwat will also reportedly hold an inter-faith dialogue with the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, meet with Cambridge and Oxford dons, and address a gathering of 10,000 NRIs.
