Rashtrya Swayamsevak Sangh with its Services of the Various Regions of India, and Jammu and Kashmir – An Ideological and Patriotic Concept

The greatness of a nation depends on the state of its society, If the society is divided, selfish, corrupt and lazy, the nation cannot progress. The nation can move forward only if the people have character, mutual love, discipline, initiative and are ready for selfless work. The Sangh has taken upon itself the responsibility of creating such a society. We are engaged in creating and organising such people who are responsive to the society, active and alert about the nation.

From the very beginning the Sangh is convinced that twin-objectives of man-making and organising the society could not be achieved through political power. So, our revered founder Dr. Hedgewar, who was very active in the political sphere formerly, withdrew himself from political activities altogether before he started the RSS. Our endeavour is to create patriotic people with social consciousness and to keep a tab on the political power through them. The alert organised strength of people can certainly keep a watch on the political establishment and also ensure a clean and morally sound political atmosphere.

In any country, the society creates a system that suits its convenience and politics and the State are part of such system, The Sangh works for the whole society. The SanghSwayamsevaks are active in different spheres of national life through some 35 or so organisations, with a nationalistic perspective. Politics being part of the social life, the SanghSwayamsevaks are active in that field as well. All these organisations are totally independent and autonomous. Every organisation has its own programme, financial arrangement, membership and in all such matters they enjoy absolute freedom. One need not be a SanghSwayamsevak to join these organisations, as is evident from the fact that late Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, the founder of the BharatiyaJanasangh, the precursor of thetharatiyaJanata Party, was not a SanghSwayamsevak. The swayamsevaks who are active in such organizations occasionally come together, exchange notes, consult each other, undersReacti views of each other  and if necessary, extend cooperation also. 

The RSS has ipou vision and concept about our national development. And our Swayamsevaks naturally will have an Inclination for sock poditical parties who dare tiawewill be supportive of them. As the HIP the RS, neturally it receives the cooperation and backing of the Swayamsevaks. The Swayamsevaks width in whichever organisation or party that shares the Sengh Hence we see BJP getting good support wherever the Seigh has a strong presence. However, the Sangh is not working for say political party, but it works for the whole nation. 

The Sangh never wanted riots and violence in the country. becauseSangh work becomes difficult in an atmosphere of unrest and violence. Expressing concern over the riots that had begun in Punjab ShriMadhavraoMulay, Punjab PrantPracharak, had said in a meeting of prominent Sangh workers in Mahatma BrahmadattJigyasu's Ashram on the Ravi in Lahore in Feb 1947, "The real work of the Sangh cannot be done in the mots taking place everywhere and the unrest spreading everywhere. So even in this political upheading we must try to maintain peace. Peace is in the interest of the Sangh and of the notion. Muslim Leaguers have started killing people, but we must control ourselves. If we lose control and contribute to the breaking of the peace the Sangh would be the loser, and so also the nation." (ShriMadhavraoMuley's biography by Pt. Lekhraj Sharma, p. 127).