Member of Parliament from Bhopal Alok Sanjar said that ‘The RSS Story’ penned by late KR Malkani is the best book to know integrated contribution of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the country and the society.
He was speaking at a symposium organised by Sindhi language Development Council of Union Human Resource Development Ministry, here on Tuesday in the memory of late KR Malkani. The symposium was attended by many nationalist thinkers, writers and politicians. Sanjar further said that the RSS always provided its valuable support not only during the freedom struggle, but also during partition of the country by serving humanity. Speakers who participated in the discussion told that ideological education came forward with the constructive role of BJP’s National Vice President and Governor of Pondicherry KR Malkani.
Director of Central Hindi Directorate (New Delhi) Ravi Tekchandani, writers from Bhopal Ashok Manwani and Jhammu Chhagani and Radha Krishna Bhagiya from Mumbai highlighted the various facts of Malkani.
The session was conducted by Manish Devnani. Speakers also added that Malkani was an active journalist and a politician. Malkani was born on November 19, 1921 in Hyderabad (Pakistan). He wrote several books such as ‘The Sindh Story’ and ‘The Politics of Ayodhya’. He passed away in the year 2003, when he was the Governor of Pondicherry.
He was the vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1991 to 1994. Earlier, he was also General Secretary of Editors’ Guild of India from 1978 to 1979 and Vice-President of Deendayal Research Institute from 1983 to 1990. He remained editor of weekly ‘Organizer’ for 35 years from 1948 to1983.