New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Half of the population cannot be left out if society has to be transformed, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday as he pitched for a bigger role for women in the decision making process. Speaking at a book launch event in the national capital, Bhagwat said there is a laid down process in Sangh of consulting the women's wing, the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, on key issues and decision making. "If society has to be transformed, half of the population cannot be left out," he said. While the Sangh's opponents accuse the organisation of not being inclusive, Bhagwat said, the Sevika Samiti that was set up in 1936 works parallelly to the RSS. "In Jaipur, I was asked how many women are in the Sangh. I replied that at the very least, the number of women is equal to the number of our swayamsevaks." He added that in all activities carried out for the welfare of society, men and women work together. "We have an equal number of women and men swayamsevaks," he said, adding the swayamsevaks are able to fulfil their responsibilities because women in their family want them to do it. On Sangh's growing presence, he said despite the bans and the political opposition to their work and ideology, the RSS has continued to grow. He said even the British government had spied on the Sangh in 1942. "They had data on how many volunteers were joining, what was being said in the Shakhas...initially they were told that the Sangh was not a big threat to the government of the time, but they believed that if the number of people increased, the Sangh could become a big threat to the British government," he said....