Tag: Sangh Parivar

In the past two years, at least seven people from the minority community - a 12-year-old boy among them - have been lynched over cattle in Jharkhand.

The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report released on Tuesday said: "Authorities often did not prosecute violence by vigilantes against persons, mostly Muslims, suspected of slaughtering or illegally transporting cows or trading in or consuming beef."

Two organisations – Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) and People’s Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) – feared Rajasekharan would not be able to act impartially in the gubernatorial post given his lineage to BJP-RSS.

Opposition parties and BJP’s critics have accused the central government of disrespecting institutions and not doing enough in cases of atrocities against minority communities.

“The country saw 355 incidents of violence, including 200 major incidents, during the last year,” Joseph Dias, convener of Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum, told World Watch Monitor.

"ACCORDING to the record of the nearest church located three km from Kharmadanga, no Christian family has ever lived in that village," said Mullick.

I think it’s not the numerical strength of the Christians that makes the Sangh Parivar jittery. It’s the dispensation given to Christians called ‘grace’ that makes the saffron brigade look queasy and go weak in their knees.

A mob of 40 people belonging to Bajrang Dal stormed into a church at 4 pm on Saturday and attacked Christians who had gathered there for prayer. The church leader issued an email sent by one of the leaders of the local church.

VOTING for India's 16th Lok Sabha will be held in nine phases between 7 April and 12 May. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the political wing of the Hindutva forces (collectively known as the Sangh Parivar) -- is poised for a landslide win.

BHARATIYA Janata Party president Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that his party was yet to take a call on whether to project or not...