One reason for my unhappiness in the Finance Ministry was that I had lost the confidence of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and the RSS, with whom I had worked so closely earlier in the swadeshi movement. I was always of the view that we should take them into confidence, have discussions with them and explain why we had done what we had. I had no doubt in my mind that our explanations would have removed their doubts and satisfied them, but the meetings could not take place regularly due to lack of time. Thus there was a widening communication gap between then and us. In fact, the misunderstanding became so serious that Dattopant Thengdi, one of the senior-most leaders of the RSS, known as the patron saint of swadeshi, went to the extent of calling me an apraadhi (culprit) in a public meeting in Delhi in April 2001. He described how I had deviated from the path of swadeshi after I had become Finance Minister. - Yashwant Sinha
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:57:45 +0000
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