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be fighting because the other party was aggressive. However, because of our  sankīrtana  movement, India emerged victorious. Similarly, when we held a festival in Calcutta, the Naxalite [Communist] movement stopped. These are facts. Through the  sankīrtana  movement we can not only get all facilities for living, but also at the end can go back home, back to Godhead. Those who are of a demonic nature cannot understand this, but it is a fact.
I therefore request you, as leading members of society, to join this movement. There is no loss on anyone's part for chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but the gain is great. According to  Bhagavad-gītā  [3.21], what is accepted by leading men is also accepted by common men:
yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇam kurute lokas tad anuvartate
“Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.”
The  sankīrtana  movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very important. Therefore, through you I wish to appeal to all the leading men of India to accept this movement very seriously and give us all facility to spread this movement throughout the world. Then there will be a very happy condition, not only in India but all over the world.
Hoping this will meet you in good health, Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami