 He also joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1939 as a "swayamsevak", or volunteer.Influenced by Babasaheb Apte, he attended the Officers Training Camp of the RSS during 1940 to 1944, becoming a "pracharak" (RSS terminology for a full-time worker) in 1947.He gave up studying law due to the partition riots.