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result of the inspiration and hard work of his perseverant life.
We can feel proud of them.

He could always correctly foresee the short term and long
term impact of a decision. It was seldom that he presented his
views, but when he gave, it was exactly correct. An instance
that occurred during the emergency is very significant even
today.

The Swayamsevaks of the Sangh had decided to put every
resource into making the Janata Party win the elections. So far
as the victory in elections was concerned, we all, including
Anantrao, were very hopeful, and it happened to be so too.
However, we had a difference of opinion on one point. This
difference of opinion pertained to the long term outcome of the
victory. At the time of elections, he had firmly said, “It is the
need of the hour to make them all victorious for the sake of
democracy; however, the first thing that they would do after
ascending the seat of power is to blame the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, and then, we would be required to
maintain equilibrium and tolerate this all.” At that time, many
of us could not understand what he meant to say. We all were
very optimistic, but the ultimate outcome was the same as
Anantrao had predicted. Those gentlemen in power made the
Sangh the sacrificial goat. The experience and foresight of
Anantrao proved exactly right. Our energy and experience
proved immature.

This Tapasvi undertook unbroken work on the land of
Gujarat, and this resulted into numerous anecdotes and
experiences. He faced different types of difficulties and suffered
most. Gujarat remains indebted to such a great individual, and
to repay this debt, there is but one path, that is to augment the
capital that he has created by his hard work, and this we can do
by our hard work, by our renunciation, by our ideals and by
our goal-oriented resolve.