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Ex-RSS chief Sudarshan passes away

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Press Trust of India Raipur
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

The former RSS chief, 81, known for his hardline views, died at the RSS office here at 6:50 AM. He was in the city for a book launch function.

A known votary of 'swadeshi', Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan, who became head of the RSS in 2000 when the NDA was in power, differed with the economic policies of the BJP-led government for its continuance of the liberalisation programme started in 1991.

After the fall of the Vajpayee government, he had said in an interview that he did not not consider Vajpayee among the "best prime ministers" as he had failed to do anything on the Ayodhya issue.

He had also stirred the hornet's nest when he had then suggested that old guards like Vajpayee and L K Advani should give way to younger leadership.

Sudarshan, a bachelor, who is survived by a brother and sister, had gone for an early morning walk and suffered a heart attack while doing Pranayam in his chamber in the RSS office, doctors said. (More)

  

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First Published: Sep 15 2012 | 5:35 PM IST

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