The then RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras had supported former prime minister Indira Gandhi's decision to impose Emergency in 1975, Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan claimed here today.
He claimed that Deoras had "apologised" later, after the Sangh was banned during that period.
Deoaras was the third chief of the RSS from 1973, succeeding Golwalkar.
Chavan was addressing a press conference a day after the BJP-led NDA government in Maharashtra announced monthly pension for those jailed during the Emergency for varying periods.
The Congress leader termed the decision of the Maharashtra government as "improper and a "dishonour to freedom fighters".
He asked, "The state government should exclude those associated with the RSS from this pension scheme. What is the purpose behind claiming the pension when the Sangh head had supported the Emergency and apologised after the organisation was banned during the period?"
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