How the Hindu right framed its struggle against Emergency

Nine days after the declaration of the Emergency, Indira Gandhi’s government banned organisations under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and the Defence and Internal Security of India Rules (DISIR). The RSS was amongst these proscribed organisations, and many of their leaders and other members were jailed under Emergency legislation, alongside members of its closely connected political party, the Jana Sangh.
It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of swayamsevaks that were imprisoned during the Emergency, though the RSS and its affiliates frequently make the implausible claim that the vast majority of those incarcerated were members of the Sangh.