Sudarshan Ji

GOODBYE TO A WORTHY HINDUSTHANI

I couldn’t believe my ears to hear the sad demise of Honourable Sudershan jee. Bharat Mata lost her great son in the form of Pujya Sudershan jee who devoted his entire life to safeguard the noble principles of Hinduism and the stanzas of Indian hymns of wuniversal brotherhood. Kuppahalli Sitaramaya Sudershan, popularly known as Sudershan jee was born in a Sanketi Brahmin family at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh (now Chhatishgarh) on June 18 of 1931 and did his tele-communication engineering course from Sagar University. But he had not been bestowed with human birth for the so called smooth leading of a family life. Destiny had prepared a special place for him in the annals of Indian nationality.   He was only nine years old when he first attended an RSS Shakha. He was appointed as a Pracharak in 1954. Only full-time members of RSS can become pracharaks. His first posting as a pracharak was in Raigarh district. In 1964, he was made the prant pracharak of Madhya Bharat at a fairly young age. In 1969, he was appointed convener of the All-India Organisations’ Heads. This was followed by a stint in the North-East (1977) and then, he took over as the chief of the Bouddhik Cell (the RSS think-tank) two years later. In 1990, he was appointed joint general secretary of the organisation. He has the rare distinction of having held both posts of sharirik (physical exercises) and bauddhik (intellectual) pramukh (chief) on different occasions. Sudarshan became Sarsanghachalak (Supreme chief) of the RSS on 10 March 2000. He succeeded Rajendra Singh, who stepped down on due to ill-health.In his acceptance speech,Sudarshan recalled how he was hand-picked to head the Madhya Bharat region. He said though initially he was hesitant to take up the responsibility, the then RSS Sarsanghachalak Guruji Golwalkar helped him to make up his mind. “I was able to discharge my duties because people senior to me fully co-operated me,” he said.A strong votary of swadeshi, he was seen as one of the hard-liners within the RSS. He stepped down as Sarsanghachalak on 21 March 2009, due to poor health.K.S. Sudarshan passed away following a massive heart attack at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on 15 September 2012. He breathed his last while offering pooja to God in meditating mudras at the dawn. Is not his death implies his austerity and Godliness ? Sudershan jee was not a politician, rather a statesman, a reformist and a patriot in one form. Hindusthan can’t fill the void of Sudershan jee. I along with all the Hindusthanis salute his contribution to this great nation and pray for his departed soul to rest in peace.