Editing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (section)

===Participation in land reforms===
The RSS volunteers participated in the [[Bhoodan movement]] organised by Gandhian leader [[Vinobha Bhave]], who had met RSS leader Golwalkar in [[Meerut]] in November 1951. Golwalkar had been inspired by the movement that encouraged land reform through voluntary means. He pledged the support of the RSS for this movement.<ref>Suresh Ramabhai, ''Vinoba and his mission'', published by Akhil Bharat Sarv Seva Sangh, 1954</ref> Consequently, many RSS volunteers, led by [[Nanaji Deshmukh]], participated in the movement.{{sfn|Andersen|Damle|1987|p=111}} But Golwalkar was also critical of the Bhoodan movement on other occasions for being reactionary and for working "merely with a view to counteracting Communism". He believed that the movement should inculcate a faith in the masses that would make them rise above the base appeal of Communism.{{sfn|Golwalkar; Bunch of Thoughts|1966}}