<P> "speakers urged the Sangh members to keep aloof from the congress movement and these instructions were generally observed". </P> <P> The RSS head (sarsanghchalak) during that time, M.S. Golwalkar later stated that the RSS did not support the Quit India Movement . Such a non-committal attitude during the Indian freedom movement also led to the Sangh being viewed with distrust and anger, both by the general Indian public, as well as certain members of the organization itself . In Golwalkar's own words, </P> <P> "In 1942 also, there was a strong sentiment in the hearts of many . At that time too, the routine work of the Sangh continued . Sangh decided not to do anything directly .' Sangh is the organization of inactive people, their talks have no substance' was the opinion uttered not only by outsiders but also our own swayamsevaks" " </P> <P> The British Government stated that the RSS was not at all supporting any civil disobedience against them, and as such their other political activities could be overlooked. The Home Department was thereby of the opinion that the RSS did not constitute a menace to law and order in British India. The Bombay government reported that the RSS had not, in any way, infringed upon government orders and had always shown a willingness to comply with the law . The same Bombay Government report further noted that in December 1940, orders had been issued to the provincial RSS leaders to desist from any activities that the British Government considered objectionable, and the RSS, in turn, had assured the British authorities that "it had no intentions of offending against the orders of the Government". </P>

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