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NEW DELHI: RSS’ national publicity chief Sunil Ambekar on Friday said the Sangh was not strong enough at the time of Partition and claimed that “otherwise the Partition of the country would not have happened”.Ambekar made the remarks while speaking at the screening of the documentary “Delhi Mein Sangh Yatra”, presented by Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra in Delhi. Referring to the period between 1942 and 1947, he said RSS had expanded rapidly across Delhi and undivided Punjab, with large numbers of people joining the organisation, but its strength at the time was still limited.He said that during Partition, RSS volunteers worked to protect Hindus in areas that became part of Pakistan and remained there until the “last person reached safety”. Ambekar said countless volunteers made sacrifices during the violence and rehabilitation efforts, while several camps were set up for displaced people. He also said that in the first fortnight of August 1947, RSS chief M S Golwalkar, referred to within the organisation as “Shri Guruji”, was in Karachi guiding volunteers on relief and protection work amid the turmoil.Ambekar said RSS founder K B Hedgewar did not establish the organisation for political purposes but to create “cultural awakening” and strengthen society. “If Doctor Hedgewar wanted to do politics, he could have formed a political party. The aim was to organise society and build national self-confidence,” he said.He added that RSS activities in Delhi had begun during Hedgewar’s lifetime itself and remained closely linked to the organisation’s 100-year history.RSS Delhi prant pracharak Ritesh Agrawal said the documentary traced the journey of the organisation in Delhi from its early beginnings to its expansion through historical records, memories, interviews and archival material related to Partition and post-Independence developments.
