Abbreviation | VHP |
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Formation | 29 August 1964[1] |
Founder | |
Type | Far-right[2] |
Purpose | Hindu militancy[3][4][5][6] Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, and pan-Dharmic religions |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Coordinates | 28°20′N 77°06′E / 28.33°N 77.10°E |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | Hindi |
International President | Rabindra Narain Singh[7] |
International Working President | Alok Kumar Advocate |
Subsidiaries | |
Affiliations | Sangh Parivar |
Website | vhp |
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) (transl. World Council of Hindus[8]) is an Indian far-right Hindu organisation based on Hindu nationalism.[9] The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Swami Chinmayananda. Its stated objective is "to organise, consolidate the Hindu society and to serve and protect the Hindu Dharma".[1] It was established to construct and renovate Hindu temples, and deal with matters of cow slaughter and religious conversion. The VHP is a member of the Sangh Parivar group,[10][11] the family of Hindu nationalist organisations led by the RSS.[12]
The VHP has been criticised for contributing to violence against Muslims in India, most notably for its role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 over the Ayodhya dispute.[13][14]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).In 2002, almost 2,000 Muslims were killed in carefully planned attacks by the VHP and the Bajrang Dal. The state was governed by the BJP in 2002, and some BJP representatives brazenly justified and abetted the violence.
The Sangh Parivar (literally known as the Sangh family) includes groups such as the Rashtriye Swayamsewak Sangh, the Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. They articulate a militant Hindu nationalist politics, opposing the Muslim 'other'.
It would be anathema for the leaders of such militant groups as the RSS, Shiva Sena, and Bajrang Dal, to let a Muslim 'voice' speak to the issue of what is lacking among Hindus, much less turn—even nominally—to an Islamic model of civility to define the terms of Hindu self development.
Amrish Ji, a leader of a militant organisation Bajrang Dal, in a public speech accused Muslims of treating 'Bharat Mata' ('Mother India') as a 'dayan' ('witch') (Amrish Ji 2005).
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