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 Why India's Hindu hardliners want to sideline Mahatma Gandhi? Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on this day 78 years ago but his ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity still haunt India's Hindu hardliners. The discomfort of the Hindu hardline right with Mahatma Gandhi became apparent once again when a senior leader of the governing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "bigger brand name" than the iconic leader of India's freedom struggle. The irony was not lost on anyone because the government department in question is responsible for popularising handmade cotton yarn or khadi - one of Gandhi's pet themes during India's freedom struggle. Anil Vij, a senior minister in the BJP government of Haryana, also said that Gandhi's picture would eventually be phased out of the currency notes. His comments came soon after a government department replaced Gandhi's pictures on its calendars and diaries with Mr ...

       RSS and Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination: Myths vs Facts Detractors of the RSS, including the current Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have often accused it of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. The facts, however, tell a different story. RSS was not directly involvred in Killing of Mahatma Gandhi but its ideology inspired Godse to kill Gandhi. There were reasons for Godse wanting to kill Gandhi. As a passionate member of the RSS and the editor of Hindu Rashtra , he had been acting in close concert with the Hindutva movement and was obsessed, like any other member of the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha, with the idea of making India a Hindu Rashtra. He was, therefore, part and parcel of a subterranean and organized Hindutva resistance to the Gandhian project of secular democracy— a resistance which had existed since before 1947, before the country was even thought to be partitioned.  Through his nationalism and secularism, Gandhi had comprehensively countered ...

RSS Participated in Anna Hazare's 2011 India Against Corruption (IAC) Movement   There is no doubt that RSS participated actively and openly in Anna Hazare's 2011 India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, providing organizational support, mobilizing volunteers, and offering logistical help. But Hazare denied being an RSS agent or having direct control by the organization. He emphasized the movement's apolitical, anti-corruption nature and his own Gandhian roots. He had past associations with RSS but rejected broader conspiracy claims. However  RSS issued formal statements and letters supporting the movement. RSS instructed its cadre across India to join protests, run langars (community kitchens), manage crowds, and contribute resources. They helped with crowd management, logistics, and feeding protesters. RSS leaders, including Ram Madhav, appeared on stage.  Congress leaders like Digvijay Singh, some ex-IAC members, and left-leaning outlets claimed the RSS and BJP stage-...

Truth Behind RSS Letter to Indira Gandhi during Emergency (1975-1977)  The present book makes critical review of ten letters written by Balasaheb Deoras (3rd RSS Sarsanghchalak) from Yerwada Jail in Pune and his associates Advocate V.N. Bhide during the Emergency (1975-77) in which appealed for the lifting of the ban on the RSS and release of its workers and offered organizational support for national upliftment. These letters are reproduced in the Appendices of this book. Both sides acknowledge the letters’ existence and content. Critics highlight praise and offers of service; defenders emphasize the full context of defending the organization and ongoing resistance. Hope this book will be helpful for readers to judge the motive of writing these letters.