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as slave of RSS: What do the RSS archives tell?
By Shamsul Islam <notoinjustice@gmail.com>
The
Milli Gazette
17 April 2009
The Congress President Sonia Gandhi while addressing an election meeting
at Bidar in Karnataka on April 15 told the audience that BJP leadership
including LK Advani is a "slave of RSS". While making a pointed reference
to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani she said that he "cannot
take any decision" on his own. She went on to declare that Advani can do
nothing without touching the feet of the RSS. She was categorical in
holding that “it is Mr. Advani, who is a slave of the RSS because he wants
to protect his chair. This is the reason why he panders to each and every
wish of the RSS.” As expected, BJP was quick
in rebutting this allegation. BJP spokesperson, Ravi Shankar Prasad, when
asked to respond retorted: “This is a baseless insinuation.” Even the
Election Commission found itself in the midst of the controversy. The
Deputy Election Commissioner R. Balakrishnan, responding to a question at
a press briefing in Delhi, said that the Commission “will look into it” if
a complaint was forwarded.
However, it may be interesting to note here that Ms. Gandhi
used the term "slave of RSS" for the BJP metaphorically but the most prominent
ideologue of the RSS till date and its second sarsanghchalak, M. S.
Golwalkar meant it literally when he took the decision to depute swayamsevaks
(RSS cadres) to the political field. What RSS expected from the cadres
loaned/deputed for political work was elaborated by Golwalkar more than once.
The RSS created the Bhartiya Jan Sangh in 1951 and Golwalkar
took keen interest in its development. He was unambiguous in outlining the kind
of swayamsevaks who are sent to manipulate politics and what was expected
of them by the RSS. The RSS gathered more than 300 senior whole-timers (parcharak)
working at district/national levels for ideological training at Sindi (Wardha,
Maharahtra) in 1954 for a meeting held during 9-16 March. This boudhik shivir
(ideological camp) was to prepare national RSS leadership for running the
affairs of the country. Golwalkar in his concluding address (March 16)
elaborated his vision about politics in the following words:
"If we say that we are part of the
organization and accept its discipline then selectiveness has no place in
life. Do what is told. If told to play kabaddi, play kabaddi; told to hold
meeting then meeting….For instance some of our friends were told to go and
work for politics that does not mean that they have great interest or
inspiration for it. They don’t die for politics like fish without water.
If they are told to withdraw from politics then also there is no
objection. Their discretion is just not required."
(Golwalkar,
M. S., Shri Guruji Samagar Darshan, Volume III, Bhartiya Vichar
Sadhna, Nagpur, 1978, p. 32)
In 1960, the RSS gathered the top leadership of the RSS (all
those parcharaks who were working at the state/regional levels only) at
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, in order "to train them in the RSS ideology in context
of times and nation". Golwalkar in his key-note address on March 5 (1960),
explained to the audience the real political design in the following words:
"We know this also that some of our
Swayamsevaks work in politics. There they have to organize
according to the needs of work public meetings, processions etc., have to
raise slogans. All these things have no place in our work. However, like
the character in a play whatever role has been assigned should be
portrayed with best of capability. But sometimes Swayamsevaks go
beyond the role assigned to a performer (nat) as they develop
over-zealousness in their hearts, to the extent that they become useless
for this work. This is not good."
(Golwalkar, M. S.,
Shri Guruji Samagar Darshan, Volume IV, Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna,
Nagpur, pp. 4-5.)
We find here that Golwalkar is describing the
Swayamsevaks loaned to political satellite as ‘nat’ or performers
who are meant to dance to the tunes of the RSS. A crucial fact should not be
missed here that Golwalkar’s above design of controlling the political arm was
elaborated in March 1960, almost nine years after the establishment of Jansangh
(the forerunner of the BJP) in 1951.
All those who are concerned
about the future of democratic-secular polity in the wake of aggressive
communal politics by the RSS rightly hope that Ms. Gandhi and her party,
Indian National Congress, will carry forward this debate about the
Hindutva politics. The RSS archives are a mine of such degenerated-fascist
documents. One simply needs commitment to fight and expose this evil
organization which is not more than a paper tiger.
See scanned pages from
the books below
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