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Rewriting Rajasthan's history important: RSS
January 03, 2007 18:34 IST
Brushing aside Congress' apprehension of Hindutva agenda in the academic curriculum, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday hailed Rajasthan's Bharatiya Janata Party government for its move to rewrite the state's history.
It said that the move would delete 'unscrupulous facts' mentioned in textbooks against heroes and leaders.
"History books need improvement and correction as there are a number of citiations where Maharana Pratap, Guru Govind Singh and ex-rulers are being misquoted or defamed in the school and college curriculum," RSS' kshetriya seva pramukh Moolchand Soni told reporters.
RSS has constituted a committee called the Itihas Sankalan Samiti in the state and at the central level and the Rajasthan government's steps towards a campaign on Apni Dharti, Apne Log (our land, our people) was in the right direction, he said.
The Congress alleged on Tuesday that the ruling BJP was trying to tamper with historical facts of the state in a bid to enforce its Hindutva agenda.
"The re-writing of history of Rajasthan's villages is irrelevant and unauthentic. We will not let the state became a testing laboratory for Hindutva agenda," state Congress chief B D Kalla said in a statement.
Rajasthan's Education Minister G S Tiwari announced on Sunday that his department would soon compile historical and cultural facts related to over 41,000 villages for new textbooks.
January 03, 2007
December 22, 2006
Youth stabbed with a trident in MP
(NDTV.com)
Youth stabbed with a trident in MP
Kumar Shakti Shekhar, Sameer Khan
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 (Khandwa):
The tridents (trishuls) being distributed by the Bajrang Dal in the name of defending Hindu religion are being used as weapons to attack people and threaten communal harmony.
A youth stabbed another in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on Monday with a trident.
Rustam Khan, who is now in hospital, was stabbed in the back by Chandan, who attacked him after an argument.
Chain of events
The quarrel began when Rustam asked Chandan why he was sitting near his house for hours.
After this, the two got into a heated argument and Chandan went away only to return with a few friends, brandishing a trident.
Chandan then stabbed Rustam in the back. "Three or four youths attacked me and stabbed me in the back with a trident," says Rustum.
Incidentally, the trident that Chandan used to attack Rustam was one of the over 2,000 tridents distributed that morning by the Bajrang Dal in a 'Trishul Diksha' programme in Khandwa.
Attempt to murder
And Chandan, who is now in custody, accepts he bought the trident at the Bajrang Dal's ceremony.
"I had bought the trident for Rs 70 in the trident distribution ceremony. I used the trident in the crime," admits Chandan.
At the trishul distribution ceremony, even young boys were handed out tridents while the administration looked the other way.
The Khandwa police have registered an FIR against Chandan under Section 307 of the IPC for attempt to murder.
But surprisingly they are denying that Rustam was attacked with a trident. "In the first FIR, it was stated that the accused had attacked with a knife. I do not know how the knife was later changed to a trident," said K D Parashar, SP, Khandwa.
The incident points to the fact that events like the Bajrang Dal's 'Trishul Diksha' ceremony only add to the risks of an already vulnerable peace being shattered.
Youth stabbed with a trident in MP
Kumar Shakti Shekhar, Sameer Khan
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 (Khandwa):
The tridents (trishuls) being distributed by the Bajrang Dal in the name of defending Hindu religion are being used as weapons to attack people and threaten communal harmony.
A youth stabbed another in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on Monday with a trident.
Rustam Khan, who is now in hospital, was stabbed in the back by Chandan, who attacked him after an argument.
Chain of events
The quarrel began when Rustam asked Chandan why he was sitting near his house for hours.
After this, the two got into a heated argument and Chandan went away only to return with a few friends, brandishing a trident.
Chandan then stabbed Rustam in the back. "Three or four youths attacked me and stabbed me in the back with a trident," says Rustum.
Incidentally, the trident that Chandan used to attack Rustam was one of the over 2,000 tridents distributed that morning by the Bajrang Dal in a 'Trishul Diksha' programme in Khandwa.
Attempt to murder
And Chandan, who is now in custody, accepts he bought the trident at the Bajrang Dal's ceremony.
"I had bought the trident for Rs 70 in the trident distribution ceremony. I used the trident in the crime," admits Chandan.
At the trishul distribution ceremony, even young boys were handed out tridents while the administration looked the other way.
The Khandwa police have registered an FIR against Chandan under Section 307 of the IPC for attempt to murder.
But surprisingly they are denying that Rustam was attacked with a trident. "In the first FIR, it was stated that the accused had attacked with a knife. I do not know how the knife was later changed to a trident," said K D Parashar, SP, Khandwa.
The incident points to the fact that events like the Bajrang Dal's 'Trishul Diksha' ceremony only add to the risks of an already vulnerable peace being shattered.
December 17, 2006
Bajrang Dal targets young couples
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Bajrang Dal targets young couples again
Dec 17, 2006 - 11:08:06 PM
Bhopal, Dec 17 - Activists of the Bajrang Dal have warned young couples here against meeting in public places or be ready to be punished.
Resorting to so-called moral policing, Bajrang Dal members raided Manuabhan Ki Tekri - a picnic spot here - that also has a Jain temple within its premises and made young couples do sit-ups for indulging in actions against the 'culture of our country'.
Though the incident took place Thursday, it came to light Saturday when a regional news channel showed clips of couples being subjected to 'punishment'.
The Bajrang Dal has now warned of intensifying their movement against what they call 'obscenity'.
'Bajrang Dal will not tolerate any obscenity at places of religious importance. We took action after we found them in a compromising position and we will continue to take action against such activities,' Vishal Purohit, a Bajrang Dal leader, told IANS.
The hardline Hindu group, however, says it was forced to resort to extreme action since the police had failed to check such 'indecent' acts.
'We were compelled to take the law into our hands after police took no steps against our complaints regarding obscenity in public places. We once again urge that police personnel be deployed at religious shrines to curb the display of such obscenity,' Purohit said.
Said Superintendent of Police A.K. Singh: 'No one has made any complaint in this connection. We will act if we get a complaint from anyone.'
In the past few years, Bajrang Dal has disrupted Valentine's Day celebrations by vandalising gift shops and burning hundreds of cards.
Bajrang Dal targets young couples again
Dec 17, 2006 - 11:08:06 PM
Bhopal, Dec 17 - Activists of the Bajrang Dal have warned young couples here against meeting in public places or be ready to be punished.
Resorting to so-called moral policing, Bajrang Dal members raided Manuabhan Ki Tekri - a picnic spot here - that also has a Jain temple within its premises and made young couples do sit-ups for indulging in actions against the 'culture of our country'.
Though the incident took place Thursday, it came to light Saturday when a regional news channel showed clips of couples being subjected to 'punishment'.
The Bajrang Dal has now warned of intensifying their movement against what they call 'obscenity'.
'Bajrang Dal will not tolerate any obscenity at places of religious importance. We took action after we found them in a compromising position and we will continue to take action against such activities,' Vishal Purohit, a Bajrang Dal leader, told IANS.
The hardline Hindu group, however, says it was forced to resort to extreme action since the police had failed to check such 'indecent' acts.
'We were compelled to take the law into our hands after police took no steps against our complaints regarding obscenity in public places. We once again urge that police personnel be deployed at religious shrines to curb the display of such obscenity,' Purohit said.
Said Superintendent of Police A.K. Singh: 'No one has made any complaint in this connection. We will act if we get a complaint from anyone.'
In the past few years, Bajrang Dal has disrupted Valentine's Day celebrations by vandalising gift shops and burning hundreds of cards.
December 15, 2006
December 10, 2006
campaign aimed at warning Muslim boys against ‘luring’ Hindu girls
(Ahmedabad Newsline
December 10, 2006)
Bajrang Dal rally takes violent turn
Express News Service
Ahmedabad, December 9: THE Sahjanand College incident has become the entry-ticket into colleges that fundamentalists in the city have been waiting for, with the issue reverberating through other colleges.
Workers of Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini roughed up students at Gujarat College during their launch of a ‘Chetavni Abhiyan’ (warning campaign) led by Ahmedabad Bajrang Dal president Babu Bajarangi on Saturday.
The campaign aimed at warning Muslim boys against ‘luring’ Hindu girls, was launched following a complaint lodged by Prinicipal of Sahjanand College that some Muslim boys had been had been harassing female students outside the college campus.
Students say members of the group began beating up students after asking about their religions. Asking not to be named, a first year student says, ‘‘We were sitting in the parking lot when some people entered the campus, wielding hockey sticks. They started asking questions about our religion and started hitting us.’’
General Secretary of the college Virendra Chauhan, among those beaten up by the activists, says, ‘‘After asking for identification, they hit us without explaining their actions’’. Principal Y M Dalal adds that they have sought police protection although the situation is currently under control.
Ellisbridge police officials have visited the college twice so far, but say complaints are yet to be registered.
Earlier, Babu Bajarangi said Muslim boys have established their hold over most college campuses in the city and were out to ‘‘lure’’ hindu girls from college campuses. ‘‘Parents are unaware of how their girls are being cheated and defiled,’’ he said.
December 10, 2006)
Bajrang Dal rally takes violent turn
Express News Service
Ahmedabad, December 9: THE Sahjanand College incident has become the entry-ticket into colleges that fundamentalists in the city have been waiting for, with the issue reverberating through other colleges.
Workers of Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini roughed up students at Gujarat College during their launch of a ‘Chetavni Abhiyan’ (warning campaign) led by Ahmedabad Bajrang Dal president Babu Bajarangi on Saturday.
The campaign aimed at warning Muslim boys against ‘luring’ Hindu girls, was launched following a complaint lodged by Prinicipal of Sahjanand College that some Muslim boys had been had been harassing female students outside the college campus.
Students say members of the group began beating up students after asking about their religions. Asking not to be named, a first year student says, ‘‘We were sitting in the parking lot when some people entered the campus, wielding hockey sticks. They started asking questions about our religion and started hitting us.’’
General Secretary of the college Virendra Chauhan, among those beaten up by the activists, says, ‘‘After asking for identification, they hit us without explaining their actions’’. Principal Y M Dalal adds that they have sought police protection although the situation is currently under control.
Ellisbridge police officials have visited the college twice so far, but say complaints are yet to be registered.
Earlier, Babu Bajarangi said Muslim boys have established their hold over most college campuses in the city and were out to ‘‘lure’’ hindu girls from college campuses. ‘‘Parents are unaware of how their girls are being cheated and defiled,’’ he said.
December 09, 2006
VHP workers thrash young couples
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December 09, 2006 at 20:23
VHP workers thrash young couples
MORAL POLICE: The workers were armed with hockey sticks and lathis and thrashed the young men.
Ahmedabad: After the Meerut Police carried out Operation Majnu to crack-down on pesky eveteasers, it was the VHP's turn to moral police the society.
VHP and Bajrang Dal activists misbehaved with young couples and beat up boys in a park in Ahmedabad.
The party workers alleged that some boys were "harassing girls" and thus they decided to teach them a lesson.
Among the VHP workers were some girls as well. The workers were armed with hockey sticks and lathis and thrashed the young men.
The girls said that they wanted to weed the society of men who used girls for their own means.
The Ahmedabad police were nowhere to be seen and the VHP activists were law unto themselves for quite some time.
Says a girl who was beaten up, "When I tried to stop them, they hit me four times with stick. I hope no other girl is treated like this."
The man behind the lathicharge is said to be Bajrang Dal activist Babu Bajrangi.
"We have not taken the law into our hands. We just want to teach girls how to live decently," was all Babu Bajrangi had to say.
Bajrangi is accused of one of the deadliest massacres during the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Naroda Patia massacre.
December 09, 2006 at 20:23
VHP workers thrash young couples
MORAL POLICE: The workers were armed with hockey sticks and lathis and thrashed the young men.
Ahmedabad: After the Meerut Police carried out Operation Majnu to crack-down on pesky eveteasers, it was the VHP's turn to moral police the society.
VHP and Bajrang Dal activists misbehaved with young couples and beat up boys in a park in Ahmedabad.
The party workers alleged that some boys were "harassing girls" and thus they decided to teach them a lesson.
Among the VHP workers were some girls as well. The workers were armed with hockey sticks and lathis and thrashed the young men.
The girls said that they wanted to weed the society of men who used girls for their own means.
The Ahmedabad police were nowhere to be seen and the VHP activists were law unto themselves for quite some time.
Says a girl who was beaten up, "When I tried to stop them, they hit me four times with stick. I hope no other girl is treated like this."
The man behind the lathicharge is said to be Bajrang Dal activist Babu Bajrangi.
"We have not taken the law into our hands. We just want to teach girls how to live decently," was all Babu Bajrangi had to say.
Bajrangi is accused of one of the deadliest massacres during the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Naroda Patia massacre.
July 13, 2006
VHP, Bajrang Dal men ransack Surat mosque
(The Times of India)
VHP, Bajrang Dal men ransack Surat mosque
[ 13 Jul, 2006 2331hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
SURAT: VHP and Bajrang Dal men went on a rampage in a mosque in a sensitive area of the city on Thursday, ostensibly to protest against the terror attacks in Mumbai.
VHP and Bajrang Dal attacked the mosque at 5.30 pm. Activists of right-wing groups, who tapping the sense of outrage in this diamond centre over the death of several of its residents in Mumbai, entered the mosque and broke tubelights in the prayer area.
Angry mobs also tried to snatch the mike from the muezzin as he tried to call Muslims for prayers. Earlier, VHP men gathered outside the mosque had demanded over a blaring mobile public address system that the mosque administration not use loudspeakers during azaan as it was hindering their meeting. Some mobsters in the mosque also tried to blow the fuse at the power mains to disrupt electricity supply.
Police claim the situation is under control as no one had turned up at the mosque and there evening namaaz was yet to start. "We were concerned as the area is sensitive and such incidents can lead to trouble.
As a precaution, we have placed a police checkpost and are trying to identify culprits," said DCP (Zone-3) V Chandarshekhar.
Police said a few meteres away in Rustampura, BJP had also burnt an effigy of the Student's Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
VHP spokesperson Utkarsh Patel claimed, "We had requested the mosque authorities to tone down their loudspeakers, but they refused.
It was when they resorted to stone pelting that some of our members ransacked their place." Asked whether VHP had taken police permission, Patel said, "We do not take permission in such cases."
VHP, Bajrang Dal men ransack Surat mosque
[ 13 Jul, 2006 2331hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
SURAT: VHP and Bajrang Dal men went on a rampage in a mosque in a sensitive area of the city on Thursday, ostensibly to protest against the terror attacks in Mumbai.
VHP and Bajrang Dal attacked the mosque at 5.30 pm. Activists of right-wing groups, who tapping the sense of outrage in this diamond centre over the death of several of its residents in Mumbai, entered the mosque and broke tubelights in the prayer area.
Angry mobs also tried to snatch the mike from the muezzin as he tried to call Muslims for prayers. Earlier, VHP men gathered outside the mosque had demanded over a blaring mobile public address system that the mosque administration not use loudspeakers during azaan as it was hindering their meeting. Some mobsters in the mosque also tried to blow the fuse at the power mains to disrupt electricity supply.
Police claim the situation is under control as no one had turned up at the mosque and there evening namaaz was yet to start. "We were concerned as the area is sensitive and such incidents can lead to trouble.
As a precaution, we have placed a police checkpost and are trying to identify culprits," said DCP (Zone-3) V Chandarshekhar.
Police said a few meteres away in Rustampura, BJP had also burnt an effigy of the Student's Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
VHP spokesperson Utkarsh Patel claimed, "We had requested the mosque authorities to tone down their loudspeakers, but they refused.
It was when they resorted to stone pelting that some of our members ransacked their place." Asked whether VHP had taken police permission, Patel said, "We do not take permission in such cases."
June 15, 2006
BJP wisdom: Life term for killing a cow; no Ba Ba Black Sheep
Indian Express
June 14, 2006
BJP wisdom: Life term for killing a cow; no Ba Ba Black Sheep
Milind Ghatwai
Madhya Pradesh set to amend law on cow slaughter; nursery rhymes in school textbooks out to ‘reduce Western influence’
BHOPAL, JUNE 13:As Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan moves to rewrite predecessor Uma Bharati’s law against cow slaughter by handing offenders 14-years in jail as against the current maximum of three years, his Education Minister Narottam Mishra has rewritten the primary school syllabi, dropping popular nursery rhymes like Twinkle, twinkle little star and Ba ba black sheep to “reduce Western influence” on children.
Chouhan’s government, it’s learnt, plans to introduce a Bill this July to amend the law against cow slaughter. A decision to the effect was taken at a meeting attended by Chouhan, officials of the Law and Animal Husbandry departments and the State Board for Protection of Cows.
The minimum fine will be Rs 5,000 and the maximum could depend on the number of cows slaughtered. The Madhya Pradesh Govansh Vadh Pratishedh Adhiniyam, 2004, provides for a maximum punishment of three years or a fine of Rs 10,000.
Dr S N Nigam, Deputy Director of MP Gopalan Evam Samvardhan Board who attended the meeting, told The Indian Express that if the proposed amendment takes place, the jail term could go up to 14 years.
In BJP-ruled states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, cow slaughter punishment can invite a maximum of ten years and seven years in jail respectively.
The MP government also plans to change the law on movement of cows. The existing law, which deals with vehicular transportation of cows, is helpless when offenders get away by making the cows walk within and across the state borders. Now, a permit will be required from district authorities before the cows can be moved.
Meanwhile, Chouhan’s government has replaced six popular nursery rhymes like Twinkle, twinkle little star and Ba ba black sheep with Indian rhymes in the Class I English textbook. Education Minister Narottam Mishra said there was “no need” to continue with English rhymes when there were Indian rhymes around to infuse “a sense of patriotism”.
June 14, 2006
BJP wisdom: Life term for killing a cow; no Ba Ba Black Sheep
Milind Ghatwai
Madhya Pradesh set to amend law on cow slaughter; nursery rhymes in school textbooks out to ‘reduce Western influence’
BHOPAL, JUNE 13:As Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan moves to rewrite predecessor Uma Bharati’s law against cow slaughter by handing offenders 14-years in jail as against the current maximum of three years, his Education Minister Narottam Mishra has rewritten the primary school syllabi, dropping popular nursery rhymes like Twinkle, twinkle little star and Ba ba black sheep to “reduce Western influence” on children.
Chouhan’s government, it’s learnt, plans to introduce a Bill this July to amend the law against cow slaughter. A decision to the effect was taken at a meeting attended by Chouhan, officials of the Law and Animal Husbandry departments and the State Board for Protection of Cows.
The minimum fine will be Rs 5,000 and the maximum could depend on the number of cows slaughtered. The Madhya Pradesh Govansh Vadh Pratishedh Adhiniyam, 2004, provides for a maximum punishment of three years or a fine of Rs 10,000.
Dr S N Nigam, Deputy Director of MP Gopalan Evam Samvardhan Board who attended the meeting, told The Indian Express that if the proposed amendment takes place, the jail term could go up to 14 years.
In BJP-ruled states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, cow slaughter punishment can invite a maximum of ten years and seven years in jail respectively.
The MP government also plans to change the law on movement of cows. The existing law, which deals with vehicular transportation of cows, is helpless when offenders get away by making the cows walk within and across the state borders. Now, a permit will be required from district authorities before the cows can be moved.
Meanwhile, Chouhan’s government has replaced six popular nursery rhymes like Twinkle, twinkle little star and Ba ba black sheep with Indian rhymes in the Class I English textbook. Education Minister Narottam Mishra said there was “no need” to continue with English rhymes when there were Indian rhymes around to infuse “a sense of patriotism”.
June 11, 2006
BJP leaders booked in J&K for incitement to kill
The Navhind Times
June 11, 2006
BJP leaders booked in J&K
PTI
Jammu, June 10: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, Mr Vinay Katiyar and Mr Sahib Singh Verma were today booked by the Jammu and Kashmir police for inciting communal passion by announcing monetary rewards to civilians killing militants even as the saffron party sought to defend them saying they were echoing popular sentiments.
A first information report has been registered against them for “making provocative statements” and “inciting communal passions” under section 123-A and 153-A Ranbir Penal Code in Nowabad police station here, the deputy inspector-general of police, Mr Niaz Mehmood, told PTI.
The BJP general-secretary, Mr Katiyar and the party vice-president, Mr Verma on Thursday had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh each for any civilian for killing a militant and Rs 2 lakh for a civilian’s family if he laid down his life fighting militants.
Mr Katiyar, a former chief of Bajrang Dal, is incharge of the ongoing ‘satyagraha’ in Jammu against the killing of Hindus in Doda and Udhampur.
Maintaining that he was not aware of the details of the FIR, the party spokesman, Mr Prakash Javadekar, who is in Jammu, said legal experts would respond to it.
“The BJP is against the common man taking to arms. It does not believe in anyone taking the law in his hands. The leaders were only echoing the general sentiments of the people in the region who have been witness to the government’s failure in tackling militancy. Perhaps they had in mind the village defence committees created and armed by the government to fight terrorists,” he said.
Following party chief, Mr Rajnath Singh’s ‘directive’, Mr Javadekar had yesterday `clarified’ that the leaders were propagating a government scheme.
The Congress party, People’s Democratic Party and the National Conference have condemned the BJP leaders’ call saying it would further vitiate the situation in the militancy-hit state.
June 11, 2006
BJP leaders booked in J&K
PTI
Jammu, June 10: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, Mr Vinay Katiyar and Mr Sahib Singh Verma were today booked by the Jammu and Kashmir police for inciting communal passion by announcing monetary rewards to civilians killing militants even as the saffron party sought to defend them saying they were echoing popular sentiments.
A first information report has been registered against them for “making provocative statements” and “inciting communal passions” under section 123-A and 153-A Ranbir Penal Code in Nowabad police station here, the deputy inspector-general of police, Mr Niaz Mehmood, told PTI.
The BJP general-secretary, Mr Katiyar and the party vice-president, Mr Verma on Thursday had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh each for any civilian for killing a militant and Rs 2 lakh for a civilian’s family if he laid down his life fighting militants.
Mr Katiyar, a former chief of Bajrang Dal, is incharge of the ongoing ‘satyagraha’ in Jammu against the killing of Hindus in Doda and Udhampur.
Maintaining that he was not aware of the details of the FIR, the party spokesman, Mr Prakash Javadekar, who is in Jammu, said legal experts would respond to it.
“The BJP is against the common man taking to arms. It does not believe in anyone taking the law in his hands. The leaders were only echoing the general sentiments of the people in the region who have been witness to the government’s failure in tackling militancy. Perhaps they had in mind the village defence committees created and armed by the government to fight terrorists,” he said.
Following party chief, Mr Rajnath Singh’s ‘directive’, Mr Javadekar had yesterday `clarified’ that the leaders were propagating a government scheme.
The Congress party, People’s Democratic Party and the National Conference have condemned the BJP leaders’ call saying it would further vitiate the situation in the militancy-hit state.
March 14, 2006
Saffron Police at Temples
The Statesman
March 14, 2006
Saffron security
BHUBANESWAR, March 13— The VHP and Bajrang Dal will form small groups of local youths to assist local police in providing security to temples and hindu maths, VHP leader, Mr Subash Chauhan said, adding that it was time to build their own security network. As a step in this direction, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal will engage and train local youths to guard temples and keep watch at railway stations and airports, he said.
The VHP leader specified Puri Jagannath Temple, Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Samaleswari Temple, Sambalpur, Cuttack Chandi Mandir and Konark temple as first priority of the Surakshya Samitis which will be formed. “Subsequently we shall try to cover all major places of worships and maaths in the state,” he said. — SNS
March 14, 2006
Saffron security
BHUBANESWAR, March 13— The VHP and Bajrang Dal will form small groups of local youths to assist local police in providing security to temples and hindu maths, VHP leader, Mr Subash Chauhan said, adding that it was time to build their own security network. As a step in this direction, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal will engage and train local youths to guard temples and keep watch at railway stations and airports, he said.
The VHP leader specified Puri Jagannath Temple, Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Samaleswari Temple, Sambalpur, Cuttack Chandi Mandir and Konark temple as first priority of the Surakshya Samitis which will be formed. “Subsequently we shall try to cover all major places of worships and maaths in the state,” he said. — SNS
February 23, 2006
Hindu Law Board offers money to eliminate M F Hussain
Rediff.com
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Hindu Law Board offers Rs 51 cr for killing M F Hussain
February 23, 2006 01:05 IST
The Hindu Personal Law Board on Wednesday announced a Rs 51 crore reward for eliminating artist M F Hussain. Meanwhile, a Congress minority cell leader offered Rs 11 lakh to any 'patriot' to chop off the painter's hands for hurting Hindu sentiments.
"Anyone who kills Hussain for making obscene paintings of goddess Sarswati and Bharat Mata, the Danish cartoonist, those in the German company printing pictures of Ram and Krishna on tissue paper and the French filmmaker desecrating Lord Shiva will be given Rs 51 crore in cash," Ashok Pandey, board president, said in a statement in Lucknow.
"Peace will not prevail on earth unless such people are eliminated," he added.
Madhya Pradesh Congress committee minority cell vice-chairman Akthar Baig, in a statement in Indore, said the painter had 'played with the sentiments of the people and tried to disrupt communal harmony in the past by painting nude pictures of Hindu gods and goddess and now of Bharat Mata'.
It would be in the 'interest of the nation if a patriot will chop off his hands. I will give that person Rs 11 lakh', he said.
Baig asked the government to take back all the honours bestowed on the noted painter and declare him a 'traitor'. In an Indore court, Baig had earlier filed a petition against Bollywood actor Dharmendra's purported second marriage to Hema Malini.
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Hindu Law Board offers Rs 51 cr for killing M F Hussain
February 23, 2006 01:05 IST
The Hindu Personal Law Board on Wednesday announced a Rs 51 crore reward for eliminating artist M F Hussain. Meanwhile, a Congress minority cell leader offered Rs 11 lakh to any 'patriot' to chop off the painter's hands for hurting Hindu sentiments.
"Anyone who kills Hussain for making obscene paintings of goddess Sarswati and Bharat Mata, the Danish cartoonist, those in the German company printing pictures of Ram and Krishna on tissue paper and the French filmmaker desecrating Lord Shiva will be given Rs 51 crore in cash," Ashok Pandey, board president, said in a statement in Lucknow.
"Peace will not prevail on earth unless such people are eliminated," he added.
Madhya Pradesh Congress committee minority cell vice-chairman Akthar Baig, in a statement in Indore, said the painter had 'played with the sentiments of the people and tried to disrupt communal harmony in the past by painting nude pictures of Hindu gods and goddess and now of Bharat Mata'.
It would be in the 'interest of the nation if a patriot will chop off his hands. I will give that person Rs 11 lakh', he said.
Baig asked the government to take back all the honours bestowed on the noted painter and declare him a 'traitor'. In an Indore court, Baig had earlier filed a petition against Bollywood actor Dharmendra's purported second marriage to Hema Malini.
February 22, 2006
P.T. Usha, Geet, Srinath on RSS panel for Golwalkar
The Deccan Chronicle
P.T. Usha, Geet, Srinath on RSS panel
New Delhi, Feb. 22: Former queen of the Indian track P.T. Usha, former vigilance commissioner N. Vittal, former billiards world champion Geet Sethi, former cricketer Javagal Srinath and ace shooter Jaspal Rana are among the prominent members of the 122-strong Guru Golwalkar Birth Centenary Celebrations Committee formed by the RSS.
While former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is one of the leading members, the RSS did not include Mr L.K. Advani in the committee. The committee will organise “Hindu rallies to promote social harmony” and hold public hearings along the lines of “jan adalats” in various localities to “expose corrupt people”. The campaign for “mass awareness” will begin from February 24.
Noted dancer Sonal Mansingh and violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman, Mohan veena creator Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also figure in the list. Sharing places with them are RSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwat and VHP president Ashok Singhal.
The committee will chalk out a year-long mass awareness campaign to propagate the “ideas and vision of Guruji”. In an article in the RSS mouthpiece Organiser, the chairman of the committee, Swami Satyamitranand Giri of Bharatmata Mandir, Hardwar, spelt out the programme: “Hindu rallies will be organised at the block level across the nation. Meetings of caste and religious leaders will be held to promote social harmony. Seminars and lectures will also be organised to propagate the ideas and vision of Guruji.” Another task is to make drug addicts “leave drugs”. Though Mr Advani is not included in the list, he will be among the leaders to participate at the inaugural function in Nagpur on February 24.
P.T. Usha, Geet, Srinath on RSS panel
New Delhi, Feb. 22: Former queen of the Indian track P.T. Usha, former vigilance commissioner N. Vittal, former billiards world champion Geet Sethi, former cricketer Javagal Srinath and ace shooter Jaspal Rana are among the prominent members of the 122-strong Guru Golwalkar Birth Centenary Celebrations Committee formed by the RSS.
While former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is one of the leading members, the RSS did not include Mr L.K. Advani in the committee. The committee will organise “Hindu rallies to promote social harmony” and hold public hearings along the lines of “jan adalats” in various localities to “expose corrupt people”. The campaign for “mass awareness” will begin from February 24.
Noted dancer Sonal Mansingh and violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman, Mohan veena creator Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also figure in the list. Sharing places with them are RSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwat and VHP president Ashok Singhal.
The committee will chalk out a year-long mass awareness campaign to propagate the “ideas and vision of Guruji”. In an article in the RSS mouthpiece Organiser, the chairman of the committee, Swami Satyamitranand Giri of Bharatmata Mandir, Hardwar, spelt out the programme: “Hindu rallies will be organised at the block level across the nation. Meetings of caste and religious leaders will be held to promote social harmony. Seminars and lectures will also be organised to propagate the ideas and vision of Guruji.” Another task is to make drug addicts “leave drugs”. Though Mr Advani is not included in the list, he will be among the leaders to participate at the inaugural function in Nagpur on February 24.
December 28, 2005
No sex education please, we are Hindus!
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=100828
No sex education please, we are Hindus!
Ranjeet S Jamwal
in Jaipur
Dec. 27. — Should schools educate students about sex related issues? Definitely not, as far the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is concerned, as it fears sex education would encourage immorality among school students.
The Rajasthan government has included sex education in the curriculum for Class XI and students will be given lessons on the topic from the coming session. But the VHP is opposing the inclusion of sex education in the school syllabus and has threatened to resist it at every level.
A spokesperson of the state unit of VHP, Mr Mahavir Parikh said the government should rethink the proposal and see to it that sex education does not become part of school education. He said it would encourage immorality among students.
Citing the example of western countries where sex education is part of the curriculum, Mr Parikh said the results have not been good there and incidents of young girls becoming pregnant at young age have increased. “Rather, the government should provide education that inculcates good values in students according to our culture,” Mr Parikh said.
A senior education department official, however, said just three chapters on life skills have been included in the syllabus for class XI. “But these three chapters are not all about sex but various problems young people face while growing up. But yes, sex education is definitely a part of it,” the official said.
“The government has approved the inclusion of sex education in the syllabus under the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA),” the official added. The VHP has decided to registered its protest with the education minister.
No sex education please, we are Hindus!
Ranjeet S Jamwal
in Jaipur
Dec. 27. — Should schools educate students about sex related issues? Definitely not, as far the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is concerned, as it fears sex education would encourage immorality among school students.
The Rajasthan government has included sex education in the curriculum for Class XI and students will be given lessons on the topic from the coming session. But the VHP is opposing the inclusion of sex education in the school syllabus and has threatened to resist it at every level.
A spokesperson of the state unit of VHP, Mr Mahavir Parikh said the government should rethink the proposal and see to it that sex education does not become part of school education. He said it would encourage immorality among students.
Citing the example of western countries where sex education is part of the curriculum, Mr Parikh said the results have not been good there and incidents of young girls becoming pregnant at young age have increased. “Rather, the government should provide education that inculcates good values in students according to our culture,” Mr Parikh said.
A senior education department official, however, said just three chapters on life skills have been included in the syllabus for class XI. “But these three chapters are not all about sex but various problems young people face while growing up. But yes, sex education is definitely a part of it,” the official said.
“The government has approved the inclusion of sex education in the syllabus under the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA),” the official added. The VHP has decided to registered its protest with the education minister.
November 13, 2005
It’s aimed at Hindus: Says Bajrang Dal on sterilisation camp
(Indian Express, November 11, 2005)
It’s aimed at Hindus: Says Bajrang Dal on sterilisation camp
by Milind Ghatwai
BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 10: There are men who don’t go to family planning camps. But here, they run away after having reached it. Ask the Bajrang Dal workers standing guard at the vasectomy camp in Siwni (near Hoshangabad) and they will tell you, it’s like conversion — men were lured to the camp. They just changed their mind.
To make sure, Bajrang Dal members have been stopping the officials at work as well.
Not only this. Days before the camp, they went around spreading ‘‘awareness’’ in the Hoshangabad district, trying to convince villagers that the camp was aimed at Hindu men. Officials said persuading men was always difficult, and the Bajrang Dal has made it more so. Doctors have to be accompanied by policemen. Dal activists allege that Muslims are not being sterilised.
This is the camp which the Dal would rather reserve only for minorities. But the free-of-cost government NSV (non-scalpel vasectomy) camp, where the male gets Rs 265 and the motivator Rs 25 per case, is a Central government scheme open for all.
On Wednesday, the first day of the camp, Bajrang Dal men gathered outside the town’s community health centre and argued with officials. The few men who came from nearby villages ran away.
On Thursday, 50 policemen had to be deployed, but the Dal men continued to raise slogans. Dal’s prant sanyojak Manish Dube said: ‘‘We won’t tolerate our men being lured to the camp. Why don’t they bring Muslims?’’
‘‘Those who escaped must have been brought on false promises,’’ he alleged. ‘‘We will oppose such camps,’’ he warned and announced that he will take up the issue at Dal’s three-day national executive meeting to begin at Haridwar on Saturday.
SDM Niaz Ahmed admitted that the Dal’s drive affected turnout. ‘‘We are unlikely to cover all 253 males who had given written consent.’’
Additional collector V.P. Deharia said: ‘‘We are approached only when doctors fail to meet the target.’
It’s aimed at Hindus: Says Bajrang Dal on sterilisation camp
by Milind Ghatwai
BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 10: There are men who don’t go to family planning camps. But here, they run away after having reached it. Ask the Bajrang Dal workers standing guard at the vasectomy camp in Siwni (near Hoshangabad) and they will tell you, it’s like conversion — men were lured to the camp. They just changed their mind.
To make sure, Bajrang Dal members have been stopping the officials at work as well.
Not only this. Days before the camp, they went around spreading ‘‘awareness’’ in the Hoshangabad district, trying to convince villagers that the camp was aimed at Hindu men. Officials said persuading men was always difficult, and the Bajrang Dal has made it more so. Doctors have to be accompanied by policemen. Dal activists allege that Muslims are not being sterilised.
This is the camp which the Dal would rather reserve only for minorities. But the free-of-cost government NSV (non-scalpel vasectomy) camp, where the male gets Rs 265 and the motivator Rs 25 per case, is a Central government scheme open for all.
On Wednesday, the first day of the camp, Bajrang Dal men gathered outside the town’s community health centre and argued with officials. The few men who came from nearby villages ran away.
On Thursday, 50 policemen had to be deployed, but the Dal men continued to raise slogans. Dal’s prant sanyojak Manish Dube said: ‘‘We won’t tolerate our men being lured to the camp. Why don’t they bring Muslims?’’
‘‘Those who escaped must have been brought on false promises,’’ he alleged. ‘‘We will oppose such camps,’’ he warned and announced that he will take up the issue at Dal’s three-day national executive meeting to begin at Haridwar on Saturday.
SDM Niaz Ahmed admitted that the Dal’s drive affected turnout. ‘‘We are unlikely to cover all 253 males who had given written consent.’’
Additional collector V.P. Deharia said: ‘‘We are approached only when doctors fail to meet the target.’
November 12, 2005
VHP to launch Hindu Sena in Assam
(Hindustan Times, November 11, 2005)
VHP to launch Hindu Sena in Assam
Newsfile
Guwahati, November 11, 2005
After the All Assam Students Union which launched its Asom Sena some time back, it is now time for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to launch a similar outfit in the state.
The VHP's outfit, which is being formed to "protect the interests of the indigenous communities in the state" is being called the Hindu Sena, said senior leaders of the Parishad.
According to the VHP leaders, it had become necessary to form an organisation such as the Hindu Sena as the government had failed to protect indigenous people as the activities of Pakistan's ISI was growing in the state. "It is now up to the VHP to take the responsibility of ensuring that the Indian communities here are not compromised," they said.
The All Assam Koch Rajbongshi Students Union (AKRASU) has meanwhile opposed the proposed Sena of the VHP. President of the Bongaigaon unit of the AKRASU Phanindra Singha said that his organisation would not allow parties to play politics in the name of religion.
VHP to launch Hindu Sena in Assam
Newsfile
Guwahati, November 11, 2005
After the All Assam Students Union which launched its Asom Sena some time back, it is now time for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to launch a similar outfit in the state.
The VHP's outfit, which is being formed to "protect the interests of the indigenous communities in the state" is being called the Hindu Sena, said senior leaders of the Parishad.
According to the VHP leaders, it had become necessary to form an organisation such as the Hindu Sena as the government had failed to protect indigenous people as the activities of Pakistan's ISI was growing in the state. "It is now up to the VHP to take the responsibility of ensuring that the Indian communities here are not compromised," they said.
The All Assam Koch Rajbongshi Students Union (AKRASU) has meanwhile opposed the proposed Sena of the VHP. President of the Bongaigaon unit of the AKRASU Phanindra Singha said that his organisation would not allow parties to play politics in the name of religion.
November 04, 2005
The View from the Right
(Indian Express, November 4, 2005)
The View from the Right
Excerpts from the Organiser, the mouthpiece of the RSS, Deepavali Special Issue
EDITORIAL
The Deepavali special issue of the Organiser is in a magazine rather than the usual tabloid format. In a signed two-page editorial, editor R. Balashankar outlines the various legends behind Deepavali in different parts of the country and then slams ‘‘the communal, pro-Muslim, pro-Pakistani vocal brigade in the media and politics in India.’’ Accusing them of resisting ‘‘all voices of nationality, patriotism, native aspirations and cultural heritage,’’ he concludes: ‘‘This divisive loyalty, the trans-national commitments, anti-Hindu attitudes are the contemporary manifestations of Ravana and Narakasura. These have not yet gained the strength that God should incarnate. They are very much within our power to demolish. Let’s drop the veil on vigil and reveal our vibrant energy and power. [Deepavali] is the celebration of victory. Let’s give meaning to our celebration. Or it will become a meaningless splurge.’’
COVER STORY
The cover story entitled ‘Mau burnt as Mulayam fiddled’ is a six-page detailed “investigation” on the riots that broke out on October 13. It claims that ‘‘99% of the victims’’ were Hindus and ‘‘if any Muslim suffered, it was due to action of security forces against the rioters.’’ Disputing the official toll figure of 14, the report says the unofficial figure ‘‘is believed to be more than 200 dead, 500 injured and over 300 missing.’’ No evidence, though, is provided to substantiate this belief. Writer Pramod Kumar also notes how ‘‘Muslims have criminalised and communalised the region’’ through the uncontrolled mushrooming of madrasas and mosques and warns that the Mau riots ‘‘appear just a beginning of a larger disaster. The Hindus, whichever political party they support, are going to face serious troubles.’’
POLITICS PLUS
The article under this subheading by Ashoke Dasgupta entitled ‘Marxism is dead but UPA keeps it alive’ attacks CPI and CPM for carrying the deadwood of Marxism but, confusingly, also criticises them for not being Marxist enough. It says,‘‘Once a political party commits itself to Marxism, it has to wage political class struggle for the establishment of socialism. The two communist parties minus policies to achieve socialism are, in this way of assessment, two ghost parties that deceitfully exhibit as if they have not bonded themselves in a coalition submitting themselves to the hegemony of Sonia’s party.’’ It concludes with the dire prediction that ‘‘a weak, aimless Sonia party’s coalition government under the stranglehold of ghost Marxists’’ is turning India into a soft state ‘‘which may be the initial steps to becoming a banana republic.’’
DEBATE
The reprinted article under this rubric by Anthony Browne in Brussels gives an objective account of the debate raging in the Netherlands on the Dutch government’s proposal to ban the burqa. The author quotes opposition to the move and notes how the Netherlands ‘‘ has become less liberal’’ over the years in its attitude towards immigrants. Curiously, the main blurb in the piece does not figure in the actual article at all. It says, ‘‘Why can’t India implement similar measures ...like the Dutch are doing? Well, we know the answer, the vote banks and secularism that support fatwas against Imrana or Sania. Secularism of the Indian kind, which does not exist anywhere else, is dangerous not only to the security of India but also to civilisation in general.’’
REPORT
A report on the three-day Hindu Dharmacharya Sabha conference in Mumbai from October 16-18 notes the presence of two special invitees to the conference — VHP leader Ashok Singhal and Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy. The report extensively quotes Swamy’s speech on how Hindus are under siege today but are not speaking out enough. ‘‘It is not enough if today’s Hindu is pious or rich. What matters is the mindset of the Hindu that recognises that India shall forever be a nation of Hindus and those whose ancestors are Hindus or those we accepted in our land as refugees (Parsis, Jews and Syrian Christians). Such Hindus must always retaliate in a deterrent way when attacked even mildly,’’ Swamy is quoted as having said to the acharyas who gave him ‘‘a prolonged ovation.’’
(Compiled by Manini Chatterjee)
The View from the Right
Excerpts from the Organiser, the mouthpiece of the RSS, Deepavali Special Issue
EDITORIAL
The Deepavali special issue of the Organiser is in a magazine rather than the usual tabloid format. In a signed two-page editorial, editor R. Balashankar outlines the various legends behind Deepavali in different parts of the country and then slams ‘‘the communal, pro-Muslim, pro-Pakistani vocal brigade in the media and politics in India.’’ Accusing them of resisting ‘‘all voices of nationality, patriotism, native aspirations and cultural heritage,’’ he concludes: ‘‘This divisive loyalty, the trans-national commitments, anti-Hindu attitudes are the contemporary manifestations of Ravana and Narakasura. These have not yet gained the strength that God should incarnate. They are very much within our power to demolish. Let’s drop the veil on vigil and reveal our vibrant energy and power. [Deepavali] is the celebration of victory. Let’s give meaning to our celebration. Or it will become a meaningless splurge.’’
COVER STORY
The cover story entitled ‘Mau burnt as Mulayam fiddled’ is a six-page detailed “investigation” on the riots that broke out on October 13. It claims that ‘‘99% of the victims’’ were Hindus and ‘‘if any Muslim suffered, it was due to action of security forces against the rioters.’’ Disputing the official toll figure of 14, the report says the unofficial figure ‘‘is believed to be more than 200 dead, 500 injured and over 300 missing.’’ No evidence, though, is provided to substantiate this belief. Writer Pramod Kumar also notes how ‘‘Muslims have criminalised and communalised the region’’ through the uncontrolled mushrooming of madrasas and mosques and warns that the Mau riots ‘‘appear just a beginning of a larger disaster. The Hindus, whichever political party they support, are going to face serious troubles.’’
POLITICS PLUS
The article under this subheading by Ashoke Dasgupta entitled ‘Marxism is dead but UPA keeps it alive’ attacks CPI and CPM for carrying the deadwood of Marxism but, confusingly, also criticises them for not being Marxist enough. It says,‘‘Once a political party commits itself to Marxism, it has to wage political class struggle for the establishment of socialism. The two communist parties minus policies to achieve socialism are, in this way of assessment, two ghost parties that deceitfully exhibit as if they have not bonded themselves in a coalition submitting themselves to the hegemony of Sonia’s party.’’ It concludes with the dire prediction that ‘‘a weak, aimless Sonia party’s coalition government under the stranglehold of ghost Marxists’’ is turning India into a soft state ‘‘which may be the initial steps to becoming a banana republic.’’
DEBATE
The reprinted article under this rubric by Anthony Browne in Brussels gives an objective account of the debate raging in the Netherlands on the Dutch government’s proposal to ban the burqa. The author quotes opposition to the move and notes how the Netherlands ‘‘ has become less liberal’’ over the years in its attitude towards immigrants. Curiously, the main blurb in the piece does not figure in the actual article at all. It says, ‘‘Why can’t India implement similar measures ...like the Dutch are doing? Well, we know the answer, the vote banks and secularism that support fatwas against Imrana or Sania. Secularism of the Indian kind, which does not exist anywhere else, is dangerous not only to the security of India but also to civilisation in general.’’
REPORT
A report on the three-day Hindu Dharmacharya Sabha conference in Mumbai from October 16-18 notes the presence of two special invitees to the conference — VHP leader Ashok Singhal and Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy. The report extensively quotes Swamy’s speech on how Hindus are under siege today but are not speaking out enough. ‘‘It is not enough if today’s Hindu is pious or rich. What matters is the mindset of the Hindu that recognises that India shall forever be a nation of Hindus and those whose ancestors are Hindus or those we accepted in our land as refugees (Parsis, Jews and Syrian Christians). Such Hindus must always retaliate in a deterrent way when attacked even mildly,’’ Swamy is quoted as having said to the acharyas who gave him ‘‘a prolonged ovation.’’
(Compiled by Manini Chatterjee)
October 22, 2005
Now Parivar plans a Rajasthan Kumbh on Babri anniversary
(Indian Express, October 22, 2005)
Now Parivar plans a Rajasthan Kumbh on Babri anniversary
by Sandipan Sharma
Rajasthan, banswara BANSWARA, OCTOBER 21: The Sangh Parivar is quietly planning to take its Ram Temple offensive to the remote tribal areas of Rajasthan. The RSS-VHP combine will organise a huge ‘Hindu Kumbh’ here on December 6, the day Babri Masjid was demolished.
Thousands of tribals from Banswara and adjoining Dungarpur are expected to attend the Kumbh, where Sarsanghkaryavaah Mohan Bhagwat will be the chief guest. ‘‘We are expecting more than 50,000 people from these two districts alone to come for the gathering,’’ said VHP Banswara head Ram Swaroop, who is in charge of the event.
Activists have begun fanning out in the area to spread the word. ‘‘There will be no formal invitation for the Kumbh,’’ Swaroop said. The day-long inaugural Kumbh, whose mainstay would be a show of strength in the local stadium, would be followed by bhajan sandhyas in local temples.
The Parivar, as reported first in The Indian Express, is organising another Kumbh in the Dangs, Gujarat, where too it is involved in a battle with Christian missionaries to win over the tribals.
The twin-districts of Banswara-Dungarpur in south Rajasthan have a high density of tribal population and is the new battleground for the Hindutva brigade and the missionaries. The Kumbh here is seen as the Parivar’s response to a three-day Christian gathering in the last week of October in Sagwa village of Banswara. Thousands of people are expected to attend this event, where preachers from across the country are scheduled to speak. The local VHP chief said their strategy had indeed been prompted by the missionaries in the area. ‘‘The Christian missionaries are embedded deep in the villages of this area. Our effort is to check the conversions,’’ he said.
‘‘We do not believe in direct confrontation with them. Our strategy would be to interact with the tribals in the interiors and erase the influence of missionaries on them,’’ he said.
Now Parivar plans a Rajasthan Kumbh on Babri anniversary
by Sandipan Sharma
Rajasthan, banswara BANSWARA, OCTOBER 21: The Sangh Parivar is quietly planning to take its Ram Temple offensive to the remote tribal areas of Rajasthan. The RSS-VHP combine will organise a huge ‘Hindu Kumbh’ here on December 6, the day Babri Masjid was demolished.
Thousands of tribals from Banswara and adjoining Dungarpur are expected to attend the Kumbh, where Sarsanghkaryavaah Mohan Bhagwat will be the chief guest. ‘‘We are expecting more than 50,000 people from these two districts alone to come for the gathering,’’ said VHP Banswara head Ram Swaroop, who is in charge of the event.
Activists have begun fanning out in the area to spread the word. ‘‘There will be no formal invitation for the Kumbh,’’ Swaroop said. The day-long inaugural Kumbh, whose mainstay would be a show of strength in the local stadium, would be followed by bhajan sandhyas in local temples.
The Parivar, as reported first in The Indian Express, is organising another Kumbh in the Dangs, Gujarat, where too it is involved in a battle with Christian missionaries to win over the tribals.
The twin-districts of Banswara-Dungarpur in south Rajasthan have a high density of tribal population and is the new battleground for the Hindutva brigade and the missionaries. The Kumbh here is seen as the Parivar’s response to a three-day Christian gathering in the last week of October in Sagwa village of Banswara. Thousands of people are expected to attend this event, where preachers from across the country are scheduled to speak. The local VHP chief said their strategy had indeed been prompted by the missionaries in the area. ‘‘The Christian missionaries are embedded deep in the villages of this area. Our effort is to check the conversions,’’ he said.
‘‘We do not believe in direct confrontation with them. Our strategy would be to interact with the tribals in the interiors and erase the influence of missionaries on them,’’ he said.
June 21, 2005
Bajrang Dal's arms-training programme in Aligarh
(http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=87804&cat=India)
Bajrang Dal conducts arms training camp at Aligarh:-
Aligarh | June 12, 2005 5:23:45 PM IST
Bajrang Dal conducted a seven-day arms-training programme in Aligarh that concluded Saturday.
Bajrang Dal activist, Prakash Sharma claims that this training would boost will power, confidence and courage in the trainees. The trainees at the training camp were provided training in firearms, martial arts and other physical endurance tests.
"We are training our youth generation to make them courageous. We are focussing on their mental and physical development so that they can meet the challenges and circumstances faced by the country. In all 40 camps will be set up for seven days all over the country," said Prakash Sharma, Bajrang Dal.
According to sources, retired Army officials were imparted also training at the programme.
According to a latest legislation passed by the Parliament, possessing arms or imparting training in arms, besides lathi, is a criminal offence. (ANI)
Bajrang Dal conducts arms training camp at Aligarh:-
Aligarh | June 12, 2005 5:23:45 PM IST
Bajrang Dal conducted a seven-day arms-training programme in Aligarh that concluded Saturday.
Bajrang Dal activist, Prakash Sharma claims that this training would boost will power, confidence and courage in the trainees. The trainees at the training camp were provided training in firearms, martial arts and other physical endurance tests.
"We are training our youth generation to make them courageous. We are focussing on their mental and physical development so that they can meet the challenges and circumstances faced by the country. In all 40 camps will be set up for seven days all over the country," said Prakash Sharma, Bajrang Dal.
According to sources, retired Army officials were imparted also training at the programme.
According to a latest legislation passed by the Parliament, possessing arms or imparting training in arms, besides lathi, is a criminal offence. (ANI)
May 24, 2005
VHP, Bajrang Dal distribute trishuls in Orissa
(Deccan Herald - May 24, 2005)
VHP, Bajrang Dal distribute trishuls
DH News Service ,Bhubaneswar:
A ‘Trishul Diksha’ programme was organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal at Nimapara in Orissa’s coastal Puri district on Sunday where trishuls were distributed to nearly 350 youths from different coastal districts. They were also administered oath to work for the protection of the Hindu religion.
The event was organised at the end of a week-long training session of VHP-Bajrang Dal volunteers.
Last year too, an attempt was made to hold such an event in the presence of VHP heavyweight Praveen Togadia which had to be cancelled due to resistance from the state administration as well as a few non-BJP political parties.
Sunday’s programme was a low-key affair. The only Central leader present at the function was Rajendra Prasad Pankaj, an all-India secretary of the VHP.However, several leaders of the Orissa units were present. They included Subash Chouhan, the state coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, and Gouri Prasad Rath, a secretary of the VHP’s Orissa unit. Significantly, the controversial event was held the day RSS chief K S Sudarshan arrived in the state. Mr Sudarshan, however, visited the state to attend a different programme — a two-day training camp of the RSS cadres at Talcher in Angul district.
VHP, Bajrang Dal distribute trishuls
DH News Service ,Bhubaneswar:
A ‘Trishul Diksha’ programme was organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal at Nimapara in Orissa’s coastal Puri district on Sunday where trishuls were distributed to nearly 350 youths from different coastal districts. They were also administered oath to work for the protection of the Hindu religion.
The event was organised at the end of a week-long training session of VHP-Bajrang Dal volunteers.
Last year too, an attempt was made to hold such an event in the presence of VHP heavyweight Praveen Togadia which had to be cancelled due to resistance from the state administration as well as a few non-BJP political parties.
Sunday’s programme was a low-key affair. The only Central leader present at the function was Rajendra Prasad Pankaj, an all-India secretary of the VHP.However, several leaders of the Orissa units were present. They included Subash Chouhan, the state coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, and Gouri Prasad Rath, a secretary of the VHP’s Orissa unit. Significantly, the controversial event was held the day RSS chief K S Sudarshan arrived in the state. Mr Sudarshan, however, visited the state to attend a different programme — a two-day training camp of the RSS cadres at Talcher in Angul district.
May 06, 2005
Karnataka: Bajrang Dal to train workers in arms usage
(Deccan Herald - May 6, 2005)
Bajrang Dal to train workers in arms usage
DH News Service Chikmagalur:
The list of selected workers of Bajrang Dal who will receive training on usage of arms for the protection of the country will be prepared on May 8.
In a statement, Bajrang Dal said the trainees would be selected in presence of Bajrang Dal’s South India Convener Pramod Muthalik and State Convener Mahendra Kumar. Prominent workers from various taluks of the district will take part in the selection rally.
He said Muthalik will take part in the Saamoohika Satyanarayana Pooja to be held in Moodigere and address a public meeting before finalising the formalities for Bajrang Dal Bharthi campaign to be started from this month in the State.
Hindu Jagrutha Tarun Samavesh will be held at 2 pm at Kadabagere in Chikmagalur taluk.
‘Be accountable’ campaign leader Girish Mattannavar will the chief guest, he explained.
Bajrang Dal to train workers in arms usage
DH News Service Chikmagalur:
The list of selected workers of Bajrang Dal who will receive training on usage of arms for the protection of the country will be prepared on May 8.
In a statement, Bajrang Dal said the trainees would be selected in presence of Bajrang Dal’s South India Convener Pramod Muthalik and State Convener Mahendra Kumar. Prominent workers from various taluks of the district will take part in the selection rally.
He said Muthalik will take part in the Saamoohika Satyanarayana Pooja to be held in Moodigere and address a public meeting before finalising the formalities for Bajrang Dal Bharthi campaign to be started from this month in the State.
Hindu Jagrutha Tarun Samavesh will be held at 2 pm at Kadabagere in Chikmagalur taluk.
‘Be accountable’ campaign leader Girish Mattannavar will the chief guest, he explained.
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