Descendants of freedom fighter Rajguru, who was sent to the gallows along with Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev in 1931, have taken umbrage to the claim in a book that the revolutionary was a "swayamsevak" with the RSS.
The book, written by former RSS pracharak and journalist Narender Sehgal, claims Rajguru, who was hanged on March 23, 1931 in Lahore jail, was a Sangh "swayamsevak".
"There is no proof available (to suggest) that Rajguru was a RSS swayaseavak and neither did our grandfather tell us so," Satyasheel and Harshwardhan Rajguru, grandsons of the revolutionary's brother, said in Pune.
"However, it is true that during Rajgurus's brief stay at Nagpur, arrangements of his stay there were made by a Sangh swayamsevak," they told a Marathi news channel.
"Rajguru was the revolutionary of the entire country and his name shouldn't be associated with any particular organisation," they said.
Senior RSS leader M G Vaidya said RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar may have made "secret arrangements" for Rajguru's stay in Nagpur.
Asked if Rajguru had visited the Mohite Bagh shakha (unit) of the RSS in Nagpur, the city where the Sangh headquarters are located, Vaidya said, "You are asking if Rajguru visited (the branch). He may have come. Did Dr Hedgewar make some arrangements for him? He may have done so."
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