''Thoughts of Gandhi, Deendayal were matching in many issues'
Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya were similar in several issues like joint family concept, grassroots democracy (gram swarajya) by decentralization of power, education in mother tongue etc, said Manendra Pratap Singh, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.