Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteer Narendra Chitale dead

THANE: RSS veteran Narendra alias Balasaheb Chitale died of old age on Monday in Thane district of Maharashtra, his family members said.

He was 98.

Chitale had worked as a volunteer for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Jan Sangh, the forerunner of the BJP.

He had worked as the chief of

Thane division of the VHP during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

He had staged a satyagraha protest in Thane against the ban on the Sangh in 1948.

Originally from Akola in east Maharashtra, Chitale settled in Thane in 1941.