He was a staunch Gandhian who joined the Quit India movement in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call to action to the youth of India and a champion of animals and a staunch vegetarian who refused to serve meat in the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on the Gandhian principle of non violence.
[3] He often fought pro-bono cases for the vulnerable in society including laborers and abused women and was deeply involved in community service and deeply engaged with the Ahmedabad Gandhi Ashram community.
He was a huge believer in Hindu–Muslim unity and often trying to help both sides and united them during religious riots and was much loved and respected by both communities.
An advocate of abstinence, he was a teetotaler who stayed active as an anti-alcohol campaigner in his home state of Gujarat until his death.
He was put in jail under Indira Gandhi's administration for his vocal protest against the Emergency.