RSS ideologue K.N Govindacharya spoke to Outlook on Atal Behari Vajpayee's demise. He says, "Vajpayee and I have shared a father-son relationship."
Atal Behari Vajpayee and the RSS shared a close bond바카라he was a swaÂyamsevak totally devoted to the Sangh. The Sangh, in turn, has immense respect for him as a swayamsevak who was into politics. Vajpayee and I have shared a father-son relationship. His public life equals my age. As an RSS ideologue, I always respected his way of thinking. The RSS also adopted Atalji바카라s thoughts and ideology.
During the Bihar assembly elections of 1967, Atalji and I had an in-depth conversation. I was asked by the RSS to brief Atalji. I told him the time has come when the Sangh will have to strengthen itself to challenge the opposition. To this Atalji said, 바카라Let the governmÂent be formed, time will tell who will surÂÂÂvive, who will stay and who will not바카라. He believed that we 바카라needed power, but not at all costs바카라. He never compromised with this principle.
He was a master of the politics of consensus, a democrat. Atalji was by nature a moderate and abhorred violence. To him, language was a powerful weapon바카라a weapon that could spread hatred could also tackle situations without creating any tension. He said that he believed in 바카라bhakti pradarshan바카라 and not 바카라shakti pradarshan바카라.
Once I was misquoted by the media, which reported that I had called Atalji 바카라the BJP바카라s mukhota바카라 (mask). While answering a question about who was going to be the party president during the 1996 polls, I named someone else. 바카라Why not Atalji?바카라 I was asked. I replied, 바카라Atalji is the most popular and most acceptable face of the BJP; by projecting him it will get a majority.바카라 Some reporters replaced the Hindi word 바카라chehra바카라 (face) with 바카라mukhota바카라. I respect Atalji as my guru. A student can never speak ill of his guru.
(As Told To Satata Karmakar)
(The author is an RSS ideologue)