DENIGRATION OF MARTYRS LIKE BHAGAT SINGH-RAJGURU-SUKHDEV: A PEEP INTO RSS ARCHIVES

 

DENIGRATION OF MARTYRS LIKE BHAGAT SINGH-RAJGURU-SUKHDEV: A PEEP INTO RSS ARCHIVES

ON 95^TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTYRDOM OF BHAGAT SINGH-RAJGURU-SUKHDEV

There is no dearth of proofs in the documents of the RSS which conclusively establish the fact that RSS denounced movements led by revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar Azad and their associates. Not only that, but they also hated even the reformist and moderate movements conducted by leaders like Gandhiji against the British rulers.

Here is a passage from the chapter, ‘Martyr, great but not ideal’ of Bunch Of Thoughts, the collection of writings of MS Golwalkar decrying the whole tradition of martyrs. After declaring that his objects of worship have always been successful lives and that 'Bhartiya culture' [which surely means RSS culture] does not adore and idealize martyrdom and do not treat "such martyrs as their heroes", he went on to philosophise that,

“There is no doubt that such man who embrace martyrdom are great heroes and their philosophy too is pre-eminently manly. They are far above the average men who meekly submit to fate and remain in fear and inaction. All the same, such persons are not held up as ideals in our society. We have not looked upon their martyrdom as the highest point of greatness to which men should aspire. For, after all, they failed in achieving their ideal, and failure implies some fatal flaw in them.” [Bunch of Thoughts, p. 283.]

Could there be a statement more insulting and denigrating to the martyrs than this?

It will be shocking for any Indian who loves the martyrs of the Freedom Movement to know what Hedgewar, founder of RSS felt about the revolutionaries fighting against the British. According to his biography published by RSS,

“Patriotism is not only going to prison. It is not correct to be carried away by such superficial patriotism. He used to urge that while remaining prepared to die for the country when the time came, it is very necessary to have a desire to live while organizing for the freedom of the country.” [CP Bhishikar, Sanghavariksh Ke Beej: Dr. Keshavrao Hedgewar, p. 21.]

It is indeed a pity that Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Ashfaqullah Khan and Chandrashekhar Azad did not come into contact with this contemporary great patriotic thinker. If they had the great opportunity to meet him, these martyrs could have been saved from giving their lives for ‘superficial patriotism’.

Even the word ‘shameful’ is not appropriate to describe the attitude of the RSS leadership towards those who had sacrificed everything in the struggle against the British rulers. The last Mughal ruler of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar had emerged as the rallying point for the patriotic Indians and symbol of the Great War of Independence of 1857. Golwalkar wrote thus while making fun of him:

“In 1857, the so-called last emperor of India had given the clarion call-Gazio mein bu rahegi jub talak eeman ki/takhte London tak chalegi tegh Hindustan ki (Till the warriors remain faithful to their commitment/Indian swords will reach throne of London.) But ultimately what happened? Everybody knows that. [Golwalkar, M.S., Shri Guruji Samagar Darshan  (collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi), Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, Nagpur, nd., volume 1, p. 121.]

What Golwalkar thought of the people sacrificing their lot for the country is obvious from the following words of his also. He had the temerity to ask the great revolutionaries who wished to lay down their lives for the freedom of the motherland the following question as if he was representing the British:

“But one should think whether complete national interest is accomplished by that? Sacrifice does not lead to increase in the thinking of the society of giving all for the interest of the nation. It is borne by the experience up to now that this fire in the heart is unbearable to the common people.” [Ibid. pp. 61-62.]

 

This also must be the reason that RSS produced no fighters or martyrs during the Freedom Movement.

It is the duty of every patriotic Indian who respects these great martyrs to share these anti-national and degenerated horrendous ideas of RSS against anti-colonial freedom struggle and martyrs with family and friends so that Hindutva gang is exposed forcefully.

Shamsul Islam

याद रहे आरएसएस ने भागत सिंह-राजगुरु-सुखदेव जैसे महान शहीदों के बारे कितनी घटिया बातें कहीं थीं!

 

याद रहे आरएसएस ने भागत सिंह-राजगुरु-सुखदेव जैसे महान शहीदों के बारे कितनी घटिया बातें कहीं थीं!

भागत सिंह-राजगुरु-सुखदेव की महान शहादत की 95वीं बरसी पर आरएसएस के सब से प्रमुख विचारक गुरु गोलवलकर ने उनकी शहादत पर जो शर्मनाक विचार व्यक्त किए थे उन्हें याद रखें, परिवार और दोस्तों से साझा करें ताकि इंसानियत और राष्ट्र विरोधी आरएसएस से मौक़ा मिलने पर हिसाब चुकता किया जा सके। “निःसंदेह ऐसे व्यक्ति जो अपने आप को बलिदान कर देते हैं श्रेष्ठ व्यक्ति हैं और उनका जीवन दर्शन प्रमुखतः पौरुषपूर्ण है। वे सर्वसाधारण व्यक्तियों से, जो कि चुपचाप भाग्य के आगे समर्पण कर देते हैं और भयभीत और अकर्मण्य बने रहते हैं, बहुत ऊंचे हैं। फिर भी हमने ऐसे व्यक्तियों को समाज के सामने आदर्श के रूप में नहीं रखा है। हमने बलिदान को महानता का सर्वोच्च बिन्दु, जिसकी मनुष्य आकांक्षा करें, नहीं माना है। क्योंकि, अंततः वे अपना उदे्श्य प्राप्त करने में असफल हुए और असफलता का अर्थ है कि उनमें कोई गंभीर त्रुटि थी ।” [विचार नवनीत (Hindi edition of Bunch of Thoughts ), 1997, प्रष्ट 281 ]
यक़ीनन यही कारण है कि आरएसएस का एक भी स्वयंसेवक अंगे्रज़ शासकों के ख़िलाफ़ संघर्ष करते हुए शहीद होना तो दूर की बात रही; जेल भी नहीं गया।
गोलवलकर भारत मां पर अपना सब कुछ क़ुर्बान करने वालों को कितनी हीन दृष्टि से देखते थे इसका अंदाज़ा निम्नलिखित शब्दों से भी अच्छी तरह लगाया जा सकता है। श्री गुरुजी वतन पर प्राण न्यौछावर करने वाले महान शहीदों से जो प्रश्न पूछ रहे हैं ऐसा लगता है मानो यह सवाल अंगे्रज़ शासकों की ओर से पूछा जा रहा होः
“अंगे्रज़ों के प्रति क्रोध के कारण अनेकों ने अद्भुत कारनामे किये। हमारे मन में भी एकाध बार विचार आ सकता है कि हम भी वैसा ही करें। वैसा अद्भुत कार्य करने वाले निःसंदेह आदरणीय हैं। उसमें व्यक्ति की तेजस्विता प्रकट होती है। स्वातंत्र्य प्राप्ति के लिए शहीद होने की सिद्धता झलकती है। परन्तु सोचना चाहिए कि उससे (अर्थात बलिदान से) संपूर्ण राष्ट्रहित साध्य होता है क्या? बलिदान के कारण पूरे समाज में राष्ट्र-हितार्थ सर्वस्वार्पण करने की तेजस्वी वृद्धिगत नहीं होती है। अब तक का अनुभव है कि वह हृदय की अंगार सर्व साधारण को असहनीय होती है ।” Golwalkar, M.S., Shri Guruji Samagar Darshan  (collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi), Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, Nagpur, nd., volume 1, pp. 61-62.