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Shyamaprasad Mookerjee repeatedly mentions in his diary of his plans of starting an all India active movement under the banner of Hindu Mahasabha being stalled by Savarkar. Will provide his exact quotes from Leaves from a Diary

”In spite of all that has been said in favor of the Hindu Mahasabha, I knew where its weakness lay. 107.

Even though the logic behind our statements was irrefutable, we had failed to keep our struggle in line with our convictions. The people of this country, especially the Hindus, wanted an organization that could call upon its workers to sacrifice everything.

During the past four years, I had repeatedly said that our organization should launch an active movement for the protection of the Hindus and for the freedom of the country.

If we could do that, then those who had joined us for selfish ends would leave, and we would be able to win the confidence of the people. ...
despite my efforts, the Sabha was not able to launch an all-India movement p. 106

Even though my proposal was accepted in the open session of the Sabha, problems always arose when it came to implementing it pp. 106-107 Savarkar had never agreed with me on this p. 107.

Perhaps he believed that our supporters could help us form a government, and that this would give us the strength to tackle the work later p. 107

At our Delhi meeting in September, I reiterated that before the elections, we should launch a movement based on specific issues,such as the undesirability of holding elections on the basis of the Communal Award -it had been foisted on the Hindus as a form of political oppression.

Such gross injustice could not be perpetuated, considering that the country’s future depended on the result of the elections. Alternatively, some other important issue could also be taken up. But our committee did not accept my proposal p. 107

In the next parts, Shyamaprasad blames the national leadership of the Hindu Mahasabha for stalling his proposal on starting an all India movement. Will reproduce next

The Mahasabha demanded along with the Congress that there must be a real transfer of power 2 the people. ....
The Madura session of the Mahasabha passed a resolution advocating direct action if the demand of the people was not met.Unfortunately the leaders sabotaged this decision

In Calcutta a special session of the Hindu Sabha All-India Committee met towards the middle of 1941. The Dacca riots had broken out meanwhile. On some pretext or other it was decided that the resolution passed at Madura should be held in abeyance. ...

The withdrawal of the Madura resolution was a severe blow on the prestige of the Mahasabha, and made people feel that we could only talk big but ran away from the field of action. This had a very disheartening effect on my mind.

I had joined the Mahasabha in the full belief that we would not hesitate to fight the Government at the right moment and thus pave the way ourselves towards national freedom pp. 43-44

At that time [Quit India] some of us thought that the Mahasabha should openly join the movement. Savarkar was not agreeable to this first, on the ground that it was not a Congress movement as the leaders were clapped behind prison bars before giving any direction p. 76

Savarkar declared that in spite of all this, he would have been prepared to take the plunge provided the Congress leaders had made a satisfactory response to his appeal, issued from Poona just before August, 1942

to the effect that the Congress should pledge itself heart and soul to the doctrine of an undivided India and not compromise on this issue under any circumstances whatsoever at a later period pp. 76-77.

He had an uncanny feeling even then that Gandhiji would very soon attempt to compromise with Jinnah on the issue of Pakistan, and if the Mahasabha identified itself with the Congress, it might mean complete disaster to the Hindu cause p. 77

Moving on to late 1942-early 1943, this is what Shyamaprasad writes about the doings of Savarkar and Moonje in his diary:

I proceeded to Cawnpore to attend the All-India Hindu Sabha session. This being my first public appearance outside Calcutta after my resignation, there was a considerable enthusiasm amongst the people whom I addressed.

We had repeatedly called upon the Brit Govt to take right steps during the crisis then in existence, but our demand produced no effect. A considerable section of our ppl wanted that some direct action should be taken without delay. Savarkar,Moonje&others were extremely against it

Although a resolution was passed extending for further time and leaving the final decision to the President and the Working Committee, it was clear that this would be sabotaged at the proper time and nothing would come out of it p. 86

Moonje is one of the founder members of RSS.