Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to the veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker and now a nominated Rajya Sabha member, C Sadanandan Master, is more than a gesture of sympathy. This letter came in response to the Master’s powerful intervention in the House while speaking on the Motion of Thanks to the President of India’s address.

Sadanandan Master had placed his artificial limbs on the table and recalled an attack that took place 31 years ago against him in Kerala.

The Rajya Sabha MP was ambushed by a group of communists while returning home, dragged to the ground, and had his legs hacked off. Speaking from his seat because of his disability, he attributed the brutal assault to CPI(M) cadres, highlighting the uncomfortable truth about Indian politics—the persistence of ideological violence against grassroots workers by communists who have historically treated dissent as treachery.

It isn’t only about the personal ordeal of C Sadanandan Master. It is about the often-ignored story of the systematic use of violence as a political instrument in certain ideological ecosystems.

PM Modi appropriately responded by writing to Sadanandan Master, praising his maiden speech in the House for its moral strength and conviction. Most importantly, the Prime Minister noted that many people found it hard to accept that a hardworking teacher could be attacked in a vibrant democracy by followers of a “retrograde ideology".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also posted on social media after Sadanandan Master’s Rajya Sabha nomination was announced in July 2025:........

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