Citizens for Justice and Peace
VHP, Bajrang Dal to ‘counsel’ unmarried youths on V-Day
13-Feb-2015
Hyderabad, Feb 13, 2015 (PTI) Bajrang Dal today burnt greeting cards of the upcoming Valentine’s Day at Koti in the city saying the event was not part of the Indian culture. A group of over 20 members assembled near Koti cross roads and raised slogans saying “It (Valentine’s Day) is not our culture… it is…
‘Father of Nation’ title to Gandhi
11-Feb-2015
unwarranted, says VHP leader By: Press Trust of India | Aligrah | Posted: February 11, 2015 1:51 am Two months after BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj sparked a row by terming Nathuram Godse a patriot, VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi Arya has courted a fresh controversy saying: “The title of the Father of Nation to…
Rename Aligarh as Harigarh, says VHP
10-Feb-2015
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations held in Aligarh on Monday , proposed renaming Aligarh to Harigarh, triggering howls of protests from both local residents and historians, who said there was no merit in the demand. “This (Harigarh) is Aligarh’s oldest and real name,“ said Krishna Gupta, a VHP…
Praveen Togadia defies Bengaluru ban order
09-Feb-2015
Defying a ban order by the city police, which was upheld by the Karnataka high court, VHP president Praveen Togadia made a multi-media appearance in Bengaluru. At the end of the golden jubilee function of the Vishwa Hindu Parishath, the organisers played the video of Mr Togadia, which went on for more than 12 minutes,…
A house named `Mahatma’ Nathuram
09-Feb-2015
Barely 12km from Gandhi Bhawan in Beliaghata, where Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast in 1947 to stop Hindu-Muslim riots in West Bengal, stands a house named after the man who assassinated him. Rana Pratap Roy , a former resident of Michael Nagar near Dum Dum who was a commander in the Navy and had…
Only Hindutva can unify India, says Bhagwat
09-Feb-2015
Hindutva is a cultural and civilisational ideology and everybody living in India should consider himself a Hindu, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a function here on Sunday. Addressing RSS workers, Mr. Bhagwat said the country could only be unified through Hindutva. He said that Rashtriya Swaysewak Sangh had always worked for the interests of…
Beef traders allege harassment by right-wing groups, go on strike
05-Feb-2015
Alleging harassment at the hands of activists of various right-wing groups, particularly since the BJP-led government came to power, beef traders here and in the entire western Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike from Thursday . “Our business is completely legal but on the grounds of sentiments and animal cruelty , activists of various right-wing…
Hindu Rashtra: BJP chief refuses comment
02-Feb-2015
Varghese K. George & Gargi Parsai Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Sunday refused to comment on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that India was a Hindu Rashtra. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu the BJP president said: “You can ask as many times as you want. But I will not…
VHP re-conversion drive in Odisha Staff Reporter
02-Feb-2015
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has planned up a ‘re-conversion’ drive in all parts of Odisha in the coming months along with efforts to increase its number of members, especially in rural areas. This came to fore during a VHP conference held in Berhampur on Sunday. The VHP and its youth wing Bajrang Dal have planned…
Bajrang Dal forces Victoria statues out of Agra park
18-Nov-2014
Bajrang Dal in Agra is keen to erase every trace of colonial rule from the city. Days after their protest on the “central location“ of three of the century-old Queen Victoria statues, the local administration quietly removed them from Paliwal Park, in the heart of the city, to the backyard of the Agra Municipal Corporation’s…