BJP's Sakshi Maharaj backs Shiv Sena: No voting rights if Muslims do not plan family

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Known for making controversial statements, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj did it again by demanding that a strict law on family planning be brought in for all to check the population growth. He said those who do not follow it should be stripped of their voting rights, effectively endorsing Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's controversial article in Saamana calling to disenfranchise Muslims.

"When Hindus go for sterilisation, Muslims should also opt for it. There should be one law for everyone. There will be no appeasement of any section in our regime," the BJP parliamentarian from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh said.

"I don't say Muslims and Christians should be sterilised. But there should be family planning and a uniform law for all. When we talk of four-child issue, there is a lot of hue and cry, and when they have 40 children from four wives no one says anything," the saffron-robed MP said on Sunday evening.

 

Stressing that population growth was a major challenge before the country, Sakshi said the issue has to be addressed through family planning. "There should be family planning. When the country gained independence, the population was only 30 crore. Today it is 130 crore. Who is responsible for it?" he said.

"There should be one law for everyone be it Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs or Christians. Whether for one, two, three or four kids... unless we have a common law for everyone, the country will not benefit... So both the government and the opposition should come together to bring a strict law and those who do not follow it should be stripped of their voting right," the 59-year-old politician said. "You cannot discriminate between the women of different communities," he added.

Sanjay Raut: Scrap voting rights of Muslims

Sakshi Maharaj's comments came after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in an editorial demanded scrapping of voting rights of Muslims, saying they are used as vote bank. "Balasaheb had once said withdraw Muslims voting rights. Owaisi brothers are doing politics of Muslim votes. They are threat to the nation," wrote Raut in his party mouthpiece.

Asked about Raut's remarks, Sakshi said he had not gone through his statement. Earlier, the BJP leader had asked Hindu women to have at least four children, sparking condemnation from the opposition which alleged that the ruling party was trying to polarise the atmosphere. The BJP had distanced itself from the remarks and served him a show cause notice. Sakshi had also drawn considerable flak for describing Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot and was forced to apologise in Parliament.

Owaisi hits out at Sena

Meanwhile, MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi demanded that PM Narendra Modi must react to the kind of statements made by his partymen and ally. "PM Modi must react especially when there are two Muslim Cabinet ministers at the Centre," the MP from Hyderabad said.

"Calling us poisonous snakes and having a pathological hatred for us won't help. Shiv Sena doesn't have the guts to write about Lakhvi's release and instead writes about us," Owaisi told Headlines Today.

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Drinking milk from non-Indian cows 'could make children turn to crime' - RSS

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Drinking milk from non-Indian cows 'could make children turn to crime'

Milk from Jersey cows may make children turn to crime, allegedly Photo: Alamy

By Dean Nelson, New Delhi

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The Jersey cow may seem like a cute symbol of the British countryside, but according to Hindu nationalists in India it is a demonic creature and the cause of juvenile crime.

The claim was made by a leading figure in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the influential Hindu nationalist group which counts Narendra Modi, the prime minister, among its members. Mr Modi was educated by the group as a child and entered politics with its support.

The group has successfully lobbied for the slaughter of cows for beef to be banned in some parts of India because it offends higher caste Hindus who worship them as a source of life.

It also promotes the use of cow dung as antiseptic flooring, bovine biogas as fuel, and its urine as a 'cola' health drink.

Now it has launched a campaign to persuade India's middle class gated communities to keep their own cow herds.

^{A bull revered by Hindus with colourful painted horns & decorations near the beaches of Mumbai}

According to the RSS's cow protection section, the move would improve the condition of the animals, which often roam the streets and eat plastic waste, and also provide milk and medicines. It would also teach children the importance of the animal in sustaining life.

They must, however, be "virtuous" Indian breeds and not Jersey cows if they do not want their children to turn to crime, the group's leader Shankar Lal said.

• India police seek cow ‘mugshots’ to enforce beef ban

Indian cows are saatvik, he explained – virtuous or pure – and drinking their milk not only increases consumers' productivity but produces no evil thoughts.

By contrast, the Jersey cow, has "devil in the milk, poisonous particles", he said.

It's not clear it is a cow at all but "some kind of an animal which makes you think impure thoughts and do wrong deeds [which] results in increase in crimes", he added.

Jersey cows were first imported into India during the British Raj for cross breeding with Indian varieties to improve the quality of milk.

Today many cows In INdia are some way below pure – they are left to roam busy roads and survive on rubbish dumped on the streets.

Their milk has been contaminated by a scavenger diet of plastic bags and paper. Much of it is also adulterated, official studies have established.

Tests by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2012 found a quarter of 4,500 samples contained detergent, artificial whiteners and starch.

Rahul's 'impure' visit to Kedarnath caused Nepal earthquake, says Sakshi Maharaj

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BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj once again courted controversy, this time seeking to link the devastating Nepal earthquake to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's visit to Kedarnath.

Over 4,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake and rescue operations continue.

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj.

Maharaj told reporters in Haridwar: "Rahul Gandhi eats beef, and goes to the holy shrine (Kedarnath) without purifying himself. The earthquake was bound to happen," The Times of India reported. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi was also present.

He was commenting on Gandhi's recent visit to the Kedarnath temple which was opened to the public for the first time this season.

The Congress, though, was up in arms against the ruling BJP demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah take action against him .

"...In a most unfortunate and petty manner, certain habitual motor mouth offenders of the BJP — cohorts of the Prime Minister and BJP President Amit Shah — are trying to communalise and politicise a grave human tragedy.

"If media reports are to be believed, BJP leader and MP Sakshi Maharaj now famous for asking women to produce 10 babies, eulogising the killers of Mahatma Gandhi and comparing humans with dogs for sterilisation, are now ascribing the earthquake in Nepal to Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bhagwan Kedarnath," party spokesperson Sushmita Dev told reporters at the AICC briefing.

Dev said in doing so, he has not only "denigrated" all those who have faith in Bhagwan Kedarnath but the victims of this huge tragedy.

"It will be better if the PM and Amit Shah stop perpetuating rabid politics that has now reached the stage of denigrating even Bhagwan Kedarnath through his chosen cohorts.

We demand that the PM and Amit Shah take immediate action against Sakshi Maharaj," she said.

While slamming the BJP leader's remarks, Dev said our attention and efforts at this time should be aimed at relief, rescue and rehabilitation.

She also chose the occasion to flag the need to have concrete plan of action to mitigate disaster caused by Earth quakes in the NCR region.

"It is equally alarming to see that the capital of India, Delhi as also the National Capital Region (NCR) has no approved state disaster management and mitigation plan," she said.

Dev said that the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) formulated the draft policy way back in March 2014, and the National Disaster Management Authority has seen presentations on it but since March 2014 there has been no progress in finalising the report.

"The government and NDMA- both of which are headed by the PM are requested to pay immediate attention to finalise the plan," she said.

The Congress spokesperson said that her party MPs have decided to donate one month's salary.

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Ramzada vs haramzada: Outrage over Union Minister Sadhvi’s remark

Launching the BJP’s campaign in Delhi, Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti told voters here on Monday that they must choose between ‘Ramzadon’ (those born ofRam) and ‘haramzadon’ (illegitimately born). Meanwhile, another Union Minister of State, Giriraj Singh, compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ram.

READ: Sadhvi ready to apologise for her ‘haramzadon’ remark, expresses regret 

Addressing a rally in West Delhi’s Shyam Nagar area, Jyoti, the BJP MP from Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, said, “Aapko tay karna hai ki Dilli mein sarkar Ramzadon ki banegi ya haramzadon ki. Yeh aapka faisla hai (You must decide whether you want a governmentof those born of Ram or of those born illegitimately).”

Taking a dig at Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son-in-law Robert Vadra, she said: “Jis sadharan parivar mein…bartanon ki dukaan rakhne wala…uska beta, Sonia Gandhi ka damaad, arab-kharab pati kaise ho gaya? Gareebon ko loota hai, gareebo ko choosa hai. Modiji kehte rahe hai, na khayenge na khane denge. (The son of an ordinary family, who had a utensils shop… Sonia nor will we tolerate it).”

Addressing another rally in Dhirpur, Giriraj Singh told the BJP cadres that Modi was their “saviour”. “Do you know Hanuman? We are all Hanuman. Hanuman told Ramthat he has no identity of his own. Hum Modi ke bhakt hain purey desh mein. (We areall followers of Modi.) People wanted to know the reason for my victory in Lok Sabha. I told them it is only Narendra Modi,” he said.

Comparing AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to Maarich (a mythical character who could disguise himself), Singh said: “We used to have Ramlilas in our village. A youth once demanded that he should be given a chance to play Hanuman’s role. He had no experience. When he went on stage and Raavan pulled out his sword, he ran away from the stage… Kejriwal wohi nakli Hanuman hai… Kejriwal un Rakshasho mein bhi Maarich hai, jo vesh badalta hai par kabhi na kabhi pakda jata hai… (Kejriwal is that fake Hanuman, he is the demon who changes shape but will get caught one day),” said Singh.

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Singh had courted controversy when he said that there was no place in India for those who were opposed to Modi, and they should go to Pakistan.

Reacting sharply to Jyoti’s comments, former Delhi Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia said, “The BJP clearly wants to vitiate the atmosphere. Comments like these from senior ministers show that their concept of elections is divisive and based on hooliganism.”

Former Congress minister Haroon Yusuf said, “This is what the BJP has been doing inDelhi for the past few months. They have been trying to polarise Delhi on the basis of religion, this is what they did in Trilokpuri and Bawana. This politics of religious polarisation is very dangerous and spreads hatred. But Delhi won’t accept this.”

Six BJP MPs from across the 

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Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.

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country fanned out in the national capital on Monday to kick off the party’s campaign for the upcoming assembly elections.

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ET JAN 2-LOCALISATION AMID GLOBLISATION - Children Who Speak English Dump Parents: RSS Affiliate

It's Ghar Bahri Now
Vasudha Venugopal
New Delhi


LOCALISATION AMID GLOBLISATION - Children Who Speak English Dump Parents: RSS Affiliate
Even as Ghar Wapsi fire refuses to die down, a right wing schooling society is going around saying English-speaking kids have a tendency to throw their old family members out

MISSIONARY ZEAL: RSS wants to set up a model school in every block of the country before 2017

“Your child may speak English today , but he will leave you alone in the street when you are old.“
That's the dire warning issued by Ramendra Rai, who heads the Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shikshan Sansthan, to a gathering at a recent event in the national capital recently.

The Sansthan is affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological wellspring of the Sangh Parivar. For the RSS, the ascent of the Narendra Modi-led BJP to power is a signal that it's time for the culture wars to be taken to the next level.

Among the various weapons in the arsenal that are being unleashed, one is a campaign to catch them young.Under the Har Prakhand Mein Vidyalaya project, the RSS wants to set up a model school in every block of the country before 2017. Toward this end, organisations affiliated to the RSS have a new assignment--to check the growth of convent schools and educational institutions run by missionaries.

“Start gurukuls and schools that promote the Indian way of thinking to counter such influence“--that's the game plan that was presented at a meeting of the heads of educational institutions affiliated to the Sangh--Shishu Mandir Sewa Bharati, Vidya Bharati, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Bharat Kalyan Prathisthan and Bharatiya Jan Seva Sansthan. This message was bolstered with findings that said the number of schools run by Christian missionaries was increasing.

It was decided to hold public awareness events across the country to motivate people to send their children to schools run by Hindus and not by missionaries, said people familiar with the proceedings.

“We want to have at least one school in every block of every village in the country by 2017. But what we are also worried about is the growing interest among people for convent (education). We have to tell them English might give their children good careers but only Indian education will make them respectful of family val ues,“ said Rai. Vidya Bharati Sansthan operates about 40,000 schools in India with more than 40 lakh students.

The exhortation to look inward and eschew what are regarded as cultural impurities from outside Indian tradition may conflict with the worldview of the current government, which has embarked on an intense campaign to engage with the rest of the world, especially in terms of drumming up investment. In the seven months since becoming PM Modi has been to the US, Japan and Australia among other countries. India has the lead ers of China and President Barack Obama will be Republic Day chief guest later in January.

Sudha Pai, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University Nehru University said the agenda pur sued by many right wing organisations was in contradic tion to whatever the gover nment was projecting itself in support of. “Soon a point of confronta there will be a point of confrontation where the government will have to come clear on its stance. The sangh's approach to education is concerned, it is far fetched. People know that English education will help their children in the long run and they are not likely to respond to the Sangh's call.“

Rai said cities such as Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata have not been “much receptive“ to schools run by the Sangh while there's been a much better response in New Delhi and Mumbai.

“A look at our recent data suggests we have managed to establish an RSS model school in every district in Uttar Pradesh,“ Rai said. “Efforts in Bihar and Jharkhand have been commendable but we are sprucing up efforts in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.“ Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have done well in promoting RSS-affiliated schools with MLAs supporting them, he said.

“In India, becoming literate alone is not being educated. What our schools are focusing on is creating a generation of students who are patriotic and understand what is right and wrong,“ Rai said. “People get attracted to what is presented to them in an attractive way . It is only when the children start talking back to them that parents regret having put them in schools that are run on the principles of western culture.“

The sangh has been making efforts for long but there has been a significant jump in the number of volunteers in the past few months that has intensified efforts, said Ramindra Singh, director, Vidya Bharati.

Helping the Sangh in its efforts are people such as Baba Ramdev. They want to open 7 lakh gurukuls to counter western education.

According to RSS sources, the organisation has trained more than 1 lakh handpicked local youths to be sent to village-level model schools.Mostly RSS members themselves, these teachers have undergone a three-month teaching probation and then a final 10-day training shivir.

“We celebrate the birthday of one Jesus Christ but forget it was on December 25 that day Swami Vivekananda started his penance in Kanyakumari or Swami Shraddhananda breathed his last,“ Vidya Bharati's Singh said.

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Maharashtra bans beef, 5 years jail, Rs 10,000 fine for possession or sale

Beef lovers in Maharashtra will now have to do without the red meat as President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, nearly 19 years after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill during the BJP-Shiv Sena rule in 1995.

The slaughter of cows was previously prohibited in the state under the MaharashtraAnimal Preservation Act of 1976. However, the passage of the new Act will ban the slaughter of bulls as well as bullocks, which was previously allowed based on a fit-for-slaughter certificate.

READ: States where you can order a beef steak for lunch

The new Act will, however, allow slaughter of water buffaloes, which provides carabeef — generally seen as an inferior quality meat that makes up only 25 per cent of the totalbeef market in the state. Beef traders claim the move will not only render thousands jobless, but will also drive up the cost of other meats in the state.

“Thanks a lot Hon President Sir for the assent on Maharashtra Animal Preservation Bill. Our dream of ban on cow slaughter becomes a reality now,” Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.

“This is a historic step, which has cultural as well aseconomic implications for the state. We had passed this Act when we were in power in 1995 and had sent it for the President’s nod in 1996. Subsequent governments in the state, however, failed to do the needful to get the Bill implemented. We had promised in our manifesto to bring this Bill and we have managed to do it,” BJP MP from Mumbai Kirit Somaiya said.

The President had signed the Bill and sent it to the Ministry of Home Affairs, which then informed the Maharashtra Governor of the decision.

Now, anyone found to be selling beef or in possession of it can be jailed for five years and fined Rs 10,000.

The beef trade in the state is largely controlled by Muslims of the Qureshi caste. “Apart from rendering people jobless, the immediate effect will be the spiralling price of other meats as people will be forced to gravitate to them,” president of the Mumbai Suburban Beef Dealer Association Mohammed Qureshi said.

Beef, generally seen as the poor man’s meat, costs almost a third of mutton. Mumbaialone consumes nearly 90,000 kg of mutton every day, sold through 900 licensed stalls and an equal number of illegal stalls.

Beef traders said they are checking if they can take legal recourse. “We are now holding deliberations to see if we can challenge this in any way. The beef traders have been impacted but it will be the farmers who

will be affected the most. Who will care for the old and infirm animals that were earlier sold for meat?” Arif Chowdhury, an office bearer of the All India Jamiatul Quresh, an organisation of beef traders, said.

“A recent government report has stated that there is nearly 61 per cent fodder shortage in the state. By banning the slaughter of old and infirm animals, the government is doing grave injustice to the healthy animals and farmers of Maharashtra,” Rajendra Dhende, a beef trader from Sangli, said.

Right-wing groups and Jain organisations have been asking for shutting down of the abattoirs and beef trade in the state.

Beef traders across Maharashtra were on strike for over a week in February to protest against the alleged harassment being meted out to beef traders. Fadnvais had later assured protection to beef traders after a delegation met him, which led to the strike being called off.

Glyston Gracias, brand chef at Smoke House Deli, Mumbai, said, “This is extremely sad to hear. I will have to go to another country. Most of the dishes at the restaurant are based on European cuisine. A lot of our foreign clientele, such as Japanese and Europeans, will miss beef on the menu. We will also lose out on alcohol sales becwill be affected the most. Who will care for the old and infirm animals that were earlier sold for meat?” Arif Chowdhury, an office bearer of the All India Jamiatul Quresh, an organisation of beef traders, said.

“A recent government report has stated that there is nearly 61 per cent fodder shortage in the state. By banning the slaughter of old and infirm animals, the government is doing grave injustice to the healthy animals and farmers of Maharashtra,” Rajendra Dhende, a beef trader from Sangli, said.

Right-wing groups and Jain organisations have been asking for shutting down of the abattoirs and beef trade in the state.

Beef traders across Maharashtra were on strike for over a week in February to protest against the alleged harassment being meted out to beef traders. Fadnvais had later assured protection to beef traders after a delegation met him, which led to the strike being called off.

Glyston Gracias, brand chef at Smoke House Deli, Mumbai, said, “This is extremely sad to hear. I will have to go to another country. Most of the dishes at the restaurant are based on European cuisine. A lot of our foreign clientele, such as Japanese and Europeans, will miss beef on the menu. We will also lose out on alcohol sales bec

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29 BJP members arrested by police for planning dacoity

Two BJP leaders of West Midnapore district and 27 other party activists were arrested for illegally possessing arms and ammunition and planning a dacoity, police said on Monday.

BJP Nayagram West Block president Sukhendu Patra and BJP West Midnapore District Committee member Ardhendu Patra and 27 other party activists were arrested by police in the wee hours on Monday for planning a dacoity and illegally possessing arms and ammunition, they said.

The two leaders and 27 other arrested BJP activists were produced before a local court which remanded Sukhendu Patra and Ardhendu Patra to nine-days police custody while the 27 others were remanded to nine-days judicial custody.

Meanwhile, the BJP West Midnapore district secretary Sanjib Mahato alleged the arrest of the party leaders was a “planned conspiracy”. He claimed the party leaders and activists were returning after admitting a party worker to a health centre who was allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress supporters.

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Muslims must accept their Hindu ancestry: Swamy

Muslims must learn to accept that their forefathers were Hindus, said Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy here on Thursday.

Addressing a convention of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), he said India’s principles could not be safeguarded unless it evolved into a Hindu majoritarian country. Expounding on India’s religious tolerance, Dr. Swamy remarked that “there was no democracy or freedom of religion in Islamic countries.”

“Muslim invasions in medieval times had thoroughly Islamised ancient Persian and Egyptian civilisations. Today, Europe too is increasingly in the grips of Islamic terror. But despite 800 years of Muslim invasions and 200 years of Christian rule, more than 80 per cent of our country has remained Hindu,” he said.

“We have continuously fought and weathered foreign invasions. So, everyone must accept that their ancestors are Hindus,” remarked Dr. Swamy.

Hindu Mahasabha to build Godse’s templ

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Hindu Mahasabha to build Godse’s temple

LUCKNOW: The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha on Monday said it would build a temple to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, in Sitapur district. For this, it has bought land in Siddhauli's Para village, where it purports to begin construction on January 30, the day Gandhi was shot dead.

READ ALSO: Hindu Mahasabha wants Godse busts across India

Hindu Mahasabha spokesman Sharad Gupta said Godse's urn, kept in Pune, would be brought to Sitapur through a "kalash yatra". The urn is with Godse's niece Himani Savarkar.

The land identified for the temple belongs to one Kamlesh Tiwari, who claims to be the working president of Hindu Mahasabha. Interestingly, the Mahasabha is mired in internal bickering, with many members claiming to be real office-bearers.

It's the same plot of land on which the Bharat Mata Temple was to be built, Gupta told TOI, adding that the Mahasabha had originally thought of approaching Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone to the Bharat Mata temple.

READ ALSO: Godse film: Hindu Mahasabha speaks in different voices

"However, since the BJP is not showing much interest in the Hindu agenda like the Congress, the Hindu Mahasabha has decided to come up with a temple on Godse," Gupta said.

BJP MLA from Gorakhpur, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, who's said to have contested his first assembly election on a Hindu Mahasabha ticket, told TOI that the organization could perform useful duties if its members kept aside their differences.

Along with Godse, the Mahasabha also plans to install statues of another "national" hero, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Savarkar was once president of Hindu Mahasabha and had advocated reconversion (or ghar wapsi) of converted Hindus.

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Hindu Mahasabha head speaks to FP: Godse was a 'martyr' and 'patriot'

New Delhi: Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), a far-right Hindu nationalist outfit has been at the centre of controversy for raking up the issue of Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. The organisation that claims its origin to Hindu Maha Sabha (1926) wants to resurrect Godse and make present-day India aware of his contribution and "the real cause" that led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination on 30 January, 1948. The 45-year old Chander Prakash Kaushik, all-India president of ABHM speaks to Firstpost on Godse, reconversion, Hindu-Rashtra, etc

Does the Hindu Mahasabha want Nathuram Godse to be seen as a national icon?

Yes. We’ve written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to install the statues of Nathuram Godse. If we can have a road in the name of the atrocious Mughal ruler Aurangazeb, why can’t we have one on Godse? If the government refuses, we’ll install Godse’s busts in all our offices in the state headquarters across the country. We’re also planning to release a film on patriot Nathuram Godse on 30 January, next year.

Don’t you think invoking Gandhi’s assassin is akin to blasphemy in our country?

We’re not speaking against Gandhi. We’re highlighting the sacrifice and contribution of Godse, who was projected as a ‘killer and a villain’ by the Congress, the party that relegated several of our freedom fighters into oblivion. Intentionally, a negative image was created against Godse by the then government. He was a patriot, freedom fighter, an editor, and not a criminal. He’s a martyr and we want the people of this nation to know the truth that compelled Nathuram Godse to assassinate Gandhi. Let me remind, the former Chief Justice of Punjab, GD Khosla, who heard Godse’s appeal and sent him to the gallows, mentioned in his book that the people had a strong sentiment in favour of Godse and if public had been the jury, he would have been a free man.

Nathu Ram Godse (bottom right of the picture) on trial for Gandhiji's murder. Getty Images

What's your view on the reconversion or ‘Ghar vapsi’ of Muslims and Christians?

The issue of reconversion doesn’t arise. In India, there’s no original Muslim. If one tracks their genealogy, one will find that they have the same ‘gotras’ (clan or patriline) as we Hindus have. It shows they were originally Hindus. Take the case of Congress leader Ahmed Patel. Does an original Muslim suffix ‘Patel’ to his name, which reflects a Hindu caste? Unfortunately, there a few politicians, who have been politicising this issue for quite some time.

Do you agree that reconversions are done forcibly?

This is a rumour spread by the politicians. ABHM never converts anyone forcefully. We give people Gita, Quran and other religious scriptures to read, and they take the final call. Hinduism is a ‘Sanatan Dharma’, an eternal religion’, unlike Islam or Christianity, which is a sect. Hindus never forced anyone to get converted into Hindu fold. And, no one can prevent a Muslim who wants to get reconverted into a Hindu. We explain them the difference between the two religions – the good and the bad. Everywhere, we see in the name of ‘Holy Jihad’, innocents are being killed irrespective of their religion and caste. Even, children are not spared. It’s the Muslims and the Christians who forcefully converted the Hindus in our country.

Have you set any target and deadline to reconvert Muslims and Christians into Hindus in India?

We have no target or mission of any kind. It was Dharm Jagran Samiti that announced a target of making India a Hindu Rashtra by 2021 through reconversion, and we don’t have anything to do with them.

Do you think that those who get reconverted get their due in the mainstream Hindu society?

If it’s not so, it’s due to the government and its policies that reconverted Hindus are denied acceptability. But, during conversion, ‘Shuddhikaran’ (purification) is done and the person is taken into a ‘gotra’.

Why is the intellectual class vehemently opposed to the activities of Hindu groups?

It’s due to the mentality developed over the last 65 years under the Congress regime, which always made a Hindu feel alienated in his own country. It’s the politicians who made it so. As a result, often an Indian shy away from calling India, a ‘Hindu Nation’.

Under the two-nation theory, the Partition took place and Pakistan was formed as a separate country for the Muslims. Don’t you think we are headed the same way?

This will never happen in India, because this country accepted everyone irrespective of religion, caste or origin. So, is with Hinduism, which is an all encompassing religion and has accepted every faith and belief. It’s these politicians who decided everything in the Parliament and thrust upon the people of this country. Has the public ever been asked about its choice? India has always been a Hindu nation, and it continues to be so. No compromise on this issue will be accepted. Let’s not forget it was due to Gandhi that the Partition took place and he asked the then Indian government to pay Rs 55 crore to Pakistan as compensation. Why so? Gandhi’s presence led to several communal riots like in Noakhali, where thousands of Hindus were massacred, but he went on to support Muslims. He recited Quran inside a Dalit temple, but did he recite Bhagwad Gita inside a mosque or church? Why should Gandhi be called – Rashtrapita (Father of the nation)?

Is the Bharatiya Janata Party going to support you on the issues of Godse and reconversion?

Neither we’re a political party, nor contesting any election. We don’t need any support from any political party. The unfortunate part of BJP is that its Lok Sabha MP, Sakshi Maharaj hailed Godse, but after succumbing to pressure from “secularists” took a U-turn. Even, the BJP used Syama Prasad Mookerji as party’s slogan (Jahan hue balidaan Mookerjee, woh Kashmir hamara hai), when it came to Kashmir; but how many in the party know him or recognise his contribution.

Will you take up the issue of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who is said to have not got his due?

This issue hasn’t come up yet, because Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee was already the president of Hindu Mahasabha, who later moved out and formed a new political party -- Jan Sangh, a predecessor of today’s BJP.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sakshi-stokes-another-controversy-asks-hindus-to-have-4-kids/article6763837.ece

Produce 4 kids to protect Hinduism: Sakshi Maharaj

After calling Nathuram Godse a 'martyr', the BJP MP from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj has done it again. Addressing a gathering of saints on Tuesday, he said every Hindu woman must produce at least 4 children to "protect" the religion.

He also advocated death sentence for those indulging in conversion and cow slaughter and said the government will pass a law in this regard.

The BJP MP sought to justify his theory of four children by raising the popular stereotype about Muslim community.

Without naming the minority community, he said: "The concept of four wives and forty children just won't work in India but it is high time that every Hindu woman must produce at least four children to protect the Hindu religion".

The BJP MP sought to differentiate between conversion and 'ghar vapsi', the process of converting minority communities to Hinduism aggressively pursued by RSS affiliates.

"Those who engage in conversion and cow slaughter should be punished with death penalty. But I must add here Ghar vapsi is no conversion but just a process to guide these people to the fair where they actually belong," maintained the controversial MP.

"Just wait for some time. The government will bring a law which will guarantee death penalty to those responsible for conversion and death penalty," added Sakshi Maharaj.

When asked about Ram Mandir, the issue which is pending in the Supreme Court, the BJP MP said building of the mandir is "inevitable".

"No power in this world can stop construction of Ram Mandir in the holy land of Ayodhya. The mandir will be build come what may," he predicated.

Sakshi Maharaj has been in repeated controversies because of his statements. He had created a furore when he termed the religious madarsa a source of terrorism in India.

After Markandey Katju, Sadhvi Prachi calls Mahatma Gandhi a 'British agent'

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/after-markandey-katju-sadhvi-prachi-calls-mahatma-gandhi-a-british-agent/534780-37-64.html

After Markandey Katju, Sadhvi Prachi calls Mahatma Gandhi a 'British agent'

Ghaziabad: Controversial Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi on Wednesday sparked another controversy as she alleged that Mahatma Gandhi was a "British agent" and his contribution towards independence of the country was "negligible", days after former Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju levelled same allegation.

"It was only due to sole effort of Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prashad Bismil and Subhash Chandra Bose that India was freed from the clutches of Britishers," she told reporters at a hotel on the occasion Hindu Dharam Sammelan in Ghaziabad.

"Gandhian ways of protests and hunger strikes were worthless in achieving freedom," the VHP leader said, adding that Bismil (Ram Prasad) was hanged while Gandhi was busy with his 'Charkha' and spinning cotton.

Sadhvi Prachi said that Bismil (Ram Prasad) was hanged while Gandhi was busy with his 'Charkha' and spinning cotton.

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Justice Katju recently wrote in his blog that Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, was a British agent.

Speaking on the issue of Ram Mandir, she said it already existed there at Ayodhya and VHP will endeavor to built it with magnificence.

She added that those who cannot chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vandematram', indulge in slaughter of cow, insult our tri-colour are not entitled to live in India.

On Tuesday in Bahraich she had said those having more than two children should be barred from casting votes.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadhvi-prachi-says-chant-vande-mataram-or-leave-india-controversy/1/424362.html

Chant Vande Mataram or leave India, says VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi

Firebrand VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Tuesday unleashed a fresh controversy by saying those who do not chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' have no right to live in the country.

While addressing a religious gathering at Bahraich district in UP, she said, "Those who do not chant, 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', 'Vande Mataram', insult the national flag and those indulge in cow slaughter have no right to live in India."

She also said those having more than two children should be barred from casting votes.

"A law should be framed to scrap the voting rights of such people irrespective of the religion," said Sadhvi Prachi.

She had earlier kicked up a storm by saying that if persons of other community produce 40-50 children, then Hindus should also raise four children.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadhvi-prachi-says-chant-vande-mataram-or-leave-india-controversy/1/424362.html

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Yogi Adityanath's Men Telling Hindus To Rape Dead Muslim Women Is Beyond Shocking

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