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Shri Madhukar Dattatreya, alias Balasaheb Deoras, will be remembered for ever as an epitome of patience and perseverance. He had imbibed these outstanding qualities from Dr K.B. Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS. Hence Shri Guruji used to introduce him as an image of Dr Hedgewar. While paying homage to Balasaheb, who breathed his last on June 17, services of his two illustrious predecessors Doctorji and Guruji naturally come to the mind and one is pleasantly surprised to note the continuity in the style of functioning and the common ideological approach of all the three luminaries, who shaped and moulded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh into a unique worldwide organisation of Hindus.
The all important aspect of continuity, referred to above, is an assuring factor for all those who are ceaselessly striving to consolidate Hindu society. The credit naturally goes to Dr Hedgewar, who scrupulously avoided the danger of a personality cult in developing his organisation.
Shri Guruji, though himself a genius followed Dr Hedgewar's style and never allowed a personality cult to develop even sub-consciously. The third Sarsanghchalak Balasaheb, who was almost cast in the image of Dr Hedgewar not only worked with the same spirit but summed up Dr Hedgewar's thinking in his characterically measured words while paying homage to Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya. Balasaheb recalled how Doctorji impressed on the Sangh workers that an ideal swayamsevak would not allow himself to be indispensable. An ideal swayamsevak is one in whose absence the work progresses as usual. Thus while acclaiming Deendayalji as an ideal swayamsevak Balasaheb indirectly divulged the secret of his success in fulfilling the cherished goal. Swatantryaveer Savarkar who had noticed this inimitable spirit of the Sangh's style of functioning, aptly summed up in his condolence message : "Dr Hedgewar, founder of the RSS, is dead. Long live the RSS." How aptly it applies to Balasaheb! "Deoras is dead", "Long live the RSS".
Author By N B Lele
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