Citizens for Justice and Peace
BJP cannot afford to fail electors on ‘core’ temple issue: VHP
20-Jul-2015
New Delhi, Jul 19, 2015, PTI : Stepping up pressure for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Vishwa Hindu Parishad has said the ruling BJP at the Centre cannot afford to fail its electors on the “core issue” and must deliver on it. Citing BJP’s manifesto, which mentions the Ram Temple among its core…
‘Anti-Hindu’ activities on at IITs, says RSS journal
20-Jul-2015
Jul 20, 2015 | Age Correspondent| New Delhi An article in RSS’ mouthpiece Organiser has alleged that prestigious institutes like the IITs were being turned into places for “anti-India and anti-Hindu” activities. At a time when the Opposition is attacking the Narendra Modi government over the “saffronisation” of educational and research institutes, the article has…
39 Christians `converted’ by VHP in Kerala
20-Jul-2015
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday `converted’ 39 people from 11 Dalit Christian families to Hinduism as part of its controversial ghar wapsi programme in Kerala’s Alappuzha district on Sunday . The ceremony was held from 6am to 10am at Nallaveetil Bhadrakali temple near Cheriyanadu in the district. Several VHP and Arya Samaj leaders…
Bengal ‘Beti Bachao’: BJP, Hindu outfit tussle over missing girl, Muslim friend
19-Jul-2015
A senior district police official said it was a case of “elopement”, but since the girl is a minor, police had to register a “kidnapping” FIR. Written by Subrata Nagchoudhury | Kolkata | Published:July 19, 2015 2:27 am The family has gone into hiding, the high court has been moved, the BJP has got involved,…
Hindu Mahasabha to oppose ‘communal harmony’ meet
10-Jul-2015
Muslim Rashtriya Manch’s August 8 meet in Lucknow only a drama; prepared for a clash too, says national chief. Written by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Updated: July 10, 2015 12:50 am Hindu organisation Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has announced that it will oppose the All India Ulema meet being organised by Rashtriya Swayamsevak…
Change norm for minority tag: RSS arm
09-Jul-2015
New Delhi, July 8: An organisation affiliated to the RSS today floated suggestions that seek to replace English with Indian languages in the education system and change the way institutions are granted minority status. The Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM) released a “draft education policy” that would allow students to become doctors or engineers without learning…
RSS affiliate bats for Sanskrit, mother tongue in schools
09-Jul-2015
New Delhi, July 8, 2015, DHNS: Students should be taught Sanskrit or a classical language like Latin or Persian with the choice to study without learning English or Hindi after class 8, RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Sikshan Mandal (BSM) has said. In the “integrated and holistic education policy” it released here on Wednesday, BSM also wanted compulsory…
RSS calls Raje ‘Aurangzeb’ for temple demolition
07-Jul-2015
Jaipur: July6, 2015, DHNS: The Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan is on a collision course with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the demolition of 86 big and small temples by local administration and Metro authorities in Jaipur. The RSS and other Hindu outfits have called a two-hour “Chakka Jam” on Thursday to register…
After months of development talk, Uddhav revives hardline Hindutva
07-Jul-2015
Unchecked Muslim population could break India’s unity, reads editorial in Sena mouthpiece MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena seems to have revived its aggressive Hindutva posturing over the past few months, trying to goad alliance partner BJP into reacting while reappropriating the political stance that its founder, the late Bal Thackeray, had adopted for political gains in…
Tension in Panchmahals after Muslim youth, Hindu girl ‘elope’
04-Jul-2015
“We are not probing any love jihad case, but the complaint of abduction filed by the girl’s father,” said a police officer. Shops remained closed in protest By: Express News Service | Vadodara | Published on:July 4, 2015 3:15 am Goghamba taluka of the Panchmahals district in Vadodara was tense Friday. The local traders downed…