Brahmins snub Hindu nazi chief
The BSS Sarasangi chalaco has always been thought to be all-powerful… Babasaheb Deloras ruled within the sectarian confines of RSS with an iron hand. The RSS supremo has been something of a religious guru whose words are held in reverence by RSS men. Being a Brahmin in this predominantly Brahmin-led Hindy fanatic organisation give him all the advantages of the head of a religious sect.
The election of Rajinder Singh as the Sarang chalaco was, however, a sort of upheaval for the RSS hierarchy. Here a non-Brahmin, though belonging to another So-called upper caste, was elected the boss… The RSS Brahmin leadership, which, incidentally has its mirror /mage in the Brahmin-dominated Bupa leadership, did not like Singh’s elevation to the top post. And ever since Veora’s died, the Brahmin lobby has been working overtime against Singh.
Things came to head recently when elections for the post of the Akhil Bhartiya Srinidhi Sabha, some sort of a central council of RSS, took place at Nagpur. Rajinder Singh wanted a big shake-up in the organisation so that the domination of the Brahmin lobby could be curbed. The occasion brought to the open the tussle between Singh and RSS general secretary H.V. Seshadri, who is the main spokesman of the Brahmin lobby. Singh tried his best to convince the Sabha to relieve Seshadri of his responsibilities as he was too old to continue.
Singh egged on joint general secretaries Madan Das and Suresh Rao Ketkar to vie for the general secretary’s position. Not only was this resented by the RSS old-timers, but they ganged up to see to it that the entire RSS setup remained unchanged and undisturbed. Seshadri was re-elected (The New Age, 23-29 March 1997).
