KNOW THE RSS-3: TRYST WITH TERRORISM

KNOW THE RSS-3: TRYST WITH TERRORISM


Recently, individuals/ organizations connected with the RSS have been found involved in terrorist activities. Some pro-Hindutva lobbyists defend this terrorism by arguing that it is a kind of 'retributive' terrorism (which has arisen as a response to 'Islamic' terrorism). The reality as that RSS has a long tradition of indulging in terrorist activities, long-long before the rise of 'Islamic' terrorism. We reproduce some of the important documents corroborating this fact.

GOLWAKAR'S PLAN TO CLEANSE MUSLIMS IN WESTERN UP ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE :

The following passage from the autobiography of the first Home Secretary of UP, Rajeshwar Dayal, a senior bureaucrat (ICS), clearly shows the sinister designs of the RSS supreme to organize genocide of Muslims and break the unity of the country just on the eve of Independence .

I must record an episode of a very grave nature when the procrastination and indecision of the UP Cabinet led to dire consequences. When communal tension was still at fever pitch, the Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Western Range , a very seasoned and capable officer, B. B. L. Jaitley, arrived at my house in great secrecy. He was accompanied by two of his officers who brought with them two large steel trunks securely locked. When the trunks were opened, they revealed incontrovertible evidence of a dastardly conspiracy to create a communal holocaust throughout the Western districts of the province. The trunks were crammed with blueprints of great accuracy and professionalism of every town and village in that vast area, prominently marking out the Muslim localities and habitations. There were also detailed instructions regarding access to the various locations, and other matters which amply revealed the sinister purport.

Greatly alarmed by those revelations, I immediately took the police party to the Premier’s [chief minister’s] house. There, in a closed room, Jaitley gave a full report of his discovery, backed by all the evidence contained in the steel trunks. Timely raids conducted on the premises of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) had brought the massive conspiracy to light. The whole plot had been concerted under the direction and supervision of the Supremo of the organization himself. Both Jaitley and I pressed for the immediate arrest of the prime accused, Shri Golwalkar, who was still in the area.

Pantji [G. B. Pant] could not but accept the evidence of his eyes and ears and expressed deep concern. But instead of agreeing to the immediate arrest of the ringleader as we had hoped, and as Kidwai would have done, he asked for the matter to be placed for consideration by the Cabinet at its next meeting. It was no doubt a matter of political delicacy as the roots of the RSS had gone deep into the body politic. There were also other political compulsions, as RSS sympathizers, both covert and overt, were to be found in the Congress Party itself and even in the Cabinet. It was no secret that the presiding officer of the Upper House, Atma Govind Kher, was himself an adherent and his sons were openly members of the RSS.

At the Cabinet meeting there was the usual procrastination and much irrelevant talk. The fact that the police had unearthed a conspiracy which would have set the whole province in flames and that the officers concerned deserved warm commendation hardly seemed to figure in the discussion. What ultimately emerged was that a letter should be issued to Shri Golwalkar pointing out the contents and nature of the evidence which had been gathered and demanding an explanation thereof. At my insistence, such a letter if it were to be sent, should be issued by the Premier himself to carry greater weight. Panditji asked me to prepare a draft, which I did in imitation of his own characteristic style. The letter was to be delivered forthwith and two police officers were assigned for the purpose.

Golwalkar, however, had been tipped off and he was nowhere to be found in the area. He was tracked down southwards but he managed to elude the couriers in pursuit. This infructuous chase continued from place to place and weeks passed.

Came January 30, 1948 when the Mahatma, that supreme apostle of peace, fell to a bullet fired by an RSS fanatic. The tragic episode left me sick at heart.

[Rajeshwar Dayal, A Life of Our Times, Orient Longman, Delhi , 1999, pp. 93-94.]



RAISING TERRORIST MODULES WITH IN THE RSS:

The central publication house of the RSS, Suruchi Prakashan, Delhi, published a book in 1997, titled Param Vaibhav Ke Path Par (ON THE ROAD TO GREAT GLORY) penned by Sadanand Damodar Sapre, a senior RSS functionary. This book contains details of more than 40 organizations created by the RSS for different tasks. The preface of the book itself declares that

without the knowledge of the different kinds of activities of the Sawyamsevaks (the volunteers of the RSS) the introduction of the RSS is incomplete. Keeping this in mind it has been attempted in this book to produce the brief information about the diverse activities of the Sawyamsevaks. This book covers the organizational status till 1996. We believe that this book will prove to be of use for those who want to understand the RSS along with the Swyamsevaks.

This book admits that secret/clandestine outfits are created for certain specific assignments. For instance while giving the details of Hindu Jagaran Manch (HJM), the book says:

From the point of view of Hindu awakening this kind of forums (HJM) at present are active in 17 states with different names like ‘Hindu Manch’ in Delhi, ‘Hindu Munani’ in Tamilnadu, ‘Hinduekjut’ in Maharashtra. THESE ARE FORUMS, NOT ASSOCIATIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS, THAT’S WHY IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP, REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS. [upper case added]

[Sadanand D. Sapre, Param Vaibhav Ke Path Per (Hindi), Suruchi, Delhi , 1997, p. 64.]

It is clear that these organizations without any records work as mafia to avoid scrutiny by law and government. Such an organizational mode provides an opportunity to RSS to disown any individual or organization.

RSS can indulge in conspiracies too. It can be known by the following astonishing disclosure in Param Vaibhav Ke Path Par about a case in Delhi immediately after Partition:

Swayamsevaks had posed to have adopted Musalman religion in order to gain the confidence of Delhi Muslim League for knowing their conspiracies.

[Sadanand D. Sapre, Param Vaibhav Ke Path Per (Hindi), Suruchi, Delhi , 1997, p. 86.]

Naturally, the book does not throw light on the criminal/communal/ evil acts which these RSS cadres might have triggered off by posing as Muslims.



SARDAR PATEL, THE FIRST HOME MINISTER OF INDIA HELD RSS/HINDU MAHASABHA RESPONSIBLE FOR GANDHIJI'S MURDER:

It may relevant to know here what Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India and a favourite of Hindutva brigade, said about Savarkar’s role in the killing of Gandhi.

Sardar in a letter to Nehru dated February 27, 1948, wrote:



It was a fanatical wing of the Hindu Mahasabha directly under Savarkar that hatched the conspiracy and saw it through. It also appears that conspiracy was limited to some ten men…Of course, his [Gandhiji’s] assassination was welcomed by those of the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha who were strongly opposed to his way of thinking and to his policy. 10

[Letter 68 cited in Sardar Patel: Select Correspondence19450 -1950, Volume 2, Navjivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1977, p. 283.]



Sardar Patel stressed the same fact in his letter to a prominent leader of Hindu Mahasabha, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on July 18, 1948:

As regards the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha, the case relating to Gandhiji’s murder is sub judice and I should not like to say anything about the participation of the two organizations, but our reports do confirm that, as a result of the activities of these two bodies, particularly the former, an atmosphere was created in the country in which such a ghastly tragedy became possible. There is no doubt in my mind that the extreme section of the Hindu Mahasabha was involved in the conspiracy. The activities of the RSS constituted a clear threat to the existence of Government and the State. Our reports show that those activities, despite the ban, have not died down. Indeed, as time has marched on, the RSS circles are becoming more defiant and are indulging in their subversive activities in an increasing measure.

[Letter 64 cited in Sardar Patel, op.cit., pp. 276-77.]



The RSS claims that it is the largest 'Hindu' organization of the world. If this claim is right then the world community has a serious challenge on hand. The world must rise to probe and challenge this fountain-head of world terrorism.