NEW DELHI: As a young RSS full-timer, Narendra Modi remained invisible for the entire Emergency phase, using it as an opportunity to work with leaders and organizations across the political spectrum that diversified him. Enlightened with ideas and perspectives.
Like other satyagrahis, he adopted various disguises to avoid detection.
“His disguise was so effective that even longtime acquaintances failed to recognize him. He was dressed in saffron robes as Swamiji and even wearing a turban as a Sikh. At one point, he delivered an important document. successfully duped the authorities in a jail,” recalled Modi-related archives handles on social media.
After the end of the Emergency in 1977, Modi's activism and leadership in this tumultuous period began to gain recognition.
That same year, he was invited to Mumbai to participate in a debate on youth resistance efforts during the Emergency.
In recognition of his fighting spirit and organizational work, Modi was appointed 'Sambhag Pracharak' (Regional Administrator) of South and Central Gujarat.
Modi, a young RSS full-timer, was also entrusted with the important task of preparing official articles of the RSS during the Emergency.
In 1978, Modi wrote his first book 'Sangharsh Ma Gujarat', a memoir of his experiences as a leader in the underground movement against Emergency in Gujarat. Remarkably, he completed this book in just 23 days.
Like other satyagrahis, he adopted various disguises to avoid detection.
“His disguise was so effective that even longtime acquaintances failed to recognize him. He was dressed in saffron robes as Swamiji and even wearing a turban as a Sikh. At one point, he delivered an important document. successfully duped the authorities in a jail,” recalled Modi-related archives handles on social media.
After the end of the Emergency in 1977, Modi's activism and leadership in this tumultuous period began to gain recognition.
That same year, he was invited to Mumbai to participate in a debate on youth resistance efforts during the Emergency.
In recognition of his fighting spirit and organizational work, Modi was appointed 'Sambhag Pracharak' (Regional Administrator) of South and Central Gujarat.
Modi, a young RSS full-timer, was also entrusted with the important task of preparing official articles of the RSS during the Emergency.
In 1978, Modi wrote his first book 'Sangharsh Ma Gujarat', a memoir of his experiences as a leader in the underground movement against Emergency in Gujarat. Remarkably, he completed this book in just 23 days.