From 1940 to 1973, Shri Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, also known as Shri Guruji, was the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) second Sarsanghachalak.
Shinde, who heads the ruling Shiv Sena, was addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Nagpur run by ’Dr Aabaji Thatte Seva Aur Anusandhan Sanstha’.