border. The RSS which is still recalled for its stellar work during the period, had however come under fire because not every activity of it was directed at peacefully providing relief to refugees. A former swayamsevak has been quoted as saying that ‘swayamsevaks were assigned to guard Hindu homes; they collected weapons to use during anticipated Muslim attacks; and they manufactured hand grenades.’89 This was the reason why the RSS was described by some as, ‘probably the best organised of the paramilitary groups’ when ‘few hands were clean.’
