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...
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...
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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