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Balasaheb Deoras’s 2nd Letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave (February 1976) to request Indira Gandhi for the removal of the Ban on the Sangh

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 Balasaheb Deoras’s 2nd Letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave  (February 1976) Balasaheb Deoras, the third Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, wrote at least two letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave in early 1976 while detained during the Emergency. The 2nd letter Letter to Vinoba Bhave was undated or around late February 1976. This one was prompted by news that Indira Gandhi would meet Bhave at Paunar Ashram on or around 24 February. It is more explicitly pleading and is often quoted together with the January letter. These letters were later placed in the Maharashtra Assembly and reproduced in sources like D.R. Goyal’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and appendices in Deoras’s own Hindi book Hindu Sangathan aur Sattavadi Rajneet i. Letter February 1976 At the feet of Respected Acharya Vinobaji, I wrote a letter to you from Ekhra Jail on 12-1-76. You might have received that at the time when the Conference of the Acharyas was going to begin. I hope so. I wrote in that letter what the Sangh had to say...
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Balasaheb Deoras’s Letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave for Requesting Indira Gandh to lift the ban on RSS During Emergency on 12th January 1976

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Balasaheb Deoras’s Letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave for Requesting Indira Gandh to lift the ban on RSS During Emergency on  12th January 1976 Balasaheb Deoras, the third Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, wrote at least two letters to Acharya Vinoba Bhave in early 1976 while detained during the Emergency. The one specifically dated 12 January 1976 (written from prison, reportedly St. George’s Hospital ward or Yerwada) focused on defending the RSS against allegations of violence and seeking Bhave’s intercession to lift the ban on the organization. This letter appears to have been a follow-up or parallel effort after letters to Indira Gandhi went unanswered. Bhave did not respond effectively.  Letter Dated 12 January 1976 Acharya Vinoba Bhave,  Pavnar Ashram, Wardha, District Wardha. At the feet of Respected Acharya Vinobaji, A meeting of the Acharyas of our country under your guidance has been scheduled to be held on the 16th, 17th and 18th January and it has been informed that dis...
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Total eleven letter written by RSS in the six months of the Emergency (1975–1977)

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  Total eleven letter written by RSS in the six months of the Emergency (1975–1977) A total eleven letters had been written in the six months. These letters sought to dispel what he called misconceptions about the RSS, deny allegations of anti-national or communal activities, defend the organization's character, and appeal for the ban to be lifted so RSS workers could contribute to nation-building.  Balasaheb Deoras, the third Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, wrote at least two notable letters to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from Yerawada Central Jail in Pune. He also wrote to Maharashtra CM S.B. Chavan and Vinoba Bhave and requested Bhave to intercede with Indira Gandhi for lifting the ban and freeing volunteers to join “planned programme of action” under her leadership. 1. Advocate V.N. Bhide’s letter to Chief Minister, S.B. Chavan, Maharashtra from Yerwada Jail, dt. 15 July 1975. 2. Deoras’s letter to Indira Gandhi from Yerwada Jail, dt. 22 August 1975. 3. Deoras’s second l...
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Sirsanghchalak, R.S.S. M.D. Devras’s 1st Mafinama to Indira Gandhi during Emergency (August 15, 1975)

Sirsanghchalak, R.S.S. M.D. Devras’s 1st Mafinama to  Indira Gandhi during Emergency ( August 15, 1975 ) Respected  Mrs. Indira Gandhi,  Prime Minister, India, New Delhi. I have heard the speech you delivered on August 15, 1975 from the Red Fort, Delhi on A.I.R. The speech was balanced and befitting to the occasion and has prompted me to write this letter to you. I was arrested at Nagpur on 30-6-75 and was brought to Pune after some days and was put in this jail. Thereafter, on 4-7-75, the Central Government banned the R.S.S. by issuing a special order. The reports published in newspaper regarding this ban show that the activities of the Sangh, its Volunteers and responsible workers are a danger to the Internal Security of the country, public peace and law and order situation. Such are the reasons given for the ban on R.S.S. According to the press reports about 2300 workers and oûcials of the Sangh have been arrested at different places throughout the country. I am writin...
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How patriotic is the BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee?

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    How patriotic is the BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee? How patriotic is the BJP and its leader Atal Behari Vajpayee who betrayed the 'Quit India' movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942" was issued by D.S. Adel in New Delhi on behalf of the All India Freedom Fighters Organisation (AIFFO). This pamphlet carried a facsimile of Vajpayee's confessional statement taken down in Urdu and bearing Vajpayee's signature in English.  The pamphlet also carried the note appended by magistrate S. Hassan as well as an English translation from the Urdu. The pamphlet went on to allege - without foundation, the Frontline investigation shows - that it "was because of Atal Behariji's statement that the Court sentenced Kakua to 5 years' rigorous imprisonment and the entire village was forced to pay a punitive fine of Rs. 10,000."
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Document of RSS Surrender in Emergency 1975

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  Document of RSS Surrender in  Emergency  1975 Immediately after the Emergency was declared, Indira Gandhi ordered the arrest of numerous ABVP and RSS members. Many evaded capture. RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras was arrested in Nagpur on June 30, 1975. On July 4, 1975, the government banned the RSS, marking its second ban since independence (the first was in 1948 after Gandhi’s assassination, when Sardar Patel banned the RSS and jailed 25,000 activists). Indira Gandhi’s government arrested approximately 44,000 RSS activists, of whom around 80 died in custody. From Yerwada Jail, Balasaheb Deoras wrote a letter of apology to Indira Gandhi, seeking release, but she ignored it. Deoras also wrote to Vinoba Bhave, requesting him to urge Indira to lift the ban and release RSS members. He attempted negotiations through Maharashtra Chief Minister S.B. Chavan. In Bengaluru, Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were arrested. Vajpayee, citing health reasons, was released on parole and remai...
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Declared Emergency vs. Undeclared Emergency

 Declared Emergency vs. Undeclared Emergency  In 2014 and 2019, BJP got full majority under Narender Modi leadership, the true colours of their credentials became apparent. While the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was in accordance with the norms of the Constitution, what we are now witnessing is an ‘undeclared Emergency’. In 2015, in an interview with journalist Shekhar Gupta of Indian Express , none other than BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said, “Today it has been 40 years since the declaration of Emergency at that time. But for the last one year, an undeclared Emergency has been going on in India. ( Indian Express , June 26-27, 2015.) Today, many have been imprisoned for daring to speak the truth. Freedom of religion is going for a free-fall. Justice is being overtaken by ‘bulldozer justice’. The intimidation and torture of minorities on the pretext of ‘love jihad’, cow-beef is abominable. Many eminent social activists have been put behind the bars in the Bhima Koregaon...
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