Hindu Rashtra Row: Why SGPC and BJP are on a Collision Course
3 years, 11 months ago

Hindu Rashtra Row: Why SGPC and BJP are on a Collision Course

News 18  

A war of words has kicked off between the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Bharatiya Janata Party after the apex Sikh body, for the first time, moved a resolution against the party’s ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The SGPC’s general house meeting, while passing a resolution, condemned the RSS for allegedly suppressing the freedom of other religions and minorities in an attempt to make the country a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. Party leader RP Singh challenged the Sikh body on Thursday to show one case where a Sikh has been lured by Hindus to convert and accused it of “creating a divide among people of Punjab”. Claiming that the SGPC had “failed miserably to stop Sikhs from converting to Christianity in Punjab”, he said as a “cover-up for their failure, they keep raising the false bogey of Hindu Rashtra”. In 2019, Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh called for a ban on the RSS, saying that allowing it to operate freely would only “divide” the nation.

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Jibe at Sikh officer keeps Sandeshkhali pot boiling
1 year, 1 month ago

Jibe at Sikh officer keeps Sandeshkhali pot boiling

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Sandeshkhali stir on Tuesday took a turn of ‘divisive politics’ as Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP after a video surfaced showing confrontation between the protestors of the saffron camp and police in which a Sikh officer was called “Khalistani”. We stand firm in protecting Bengal’s social harmony and will take stern lawful measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt …

As BJP’s Punjab unit grapples with infighting, RSS calls meet on Dec 2
1 year, 3 months ago

As BJP’s Punjab unit grapples with infighting, RSS calls meet on Dec 2

Hindustan Times  

Amid relentless infighting within the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s Punjab unit and an apparent indifference among its rank and file, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, its parent body, has called a meeting on December 2, in what appears to be an attempt to smooth things out. Though the party’s senior leadership maintains that the meeting is a routine affair, many state leaders …

Interview | Hindu Rashtra Is My Sole Aim: Raja Singh
1 year, 6 months ago

Interview | Hindu Rashtra Is My Sole Aim: Raja Singh

Deccan Chronicle  

‘I know nothing about secularism and I only swear by Hinduism. My aim is to usher in a Hindu rashtra,” declared T. Raja Singh, MLA of Goshamahal, who is now under suspension from BJP, while talking exclusively to Deccan Chronicle. Among other things, I want an immediate ban on cow-slaughter, introduction of an anti-conversion bill and a stringent law against …

NCERT books: SGPC objects to Anandpur Sahib resolution being dubbed as ‘separatist’ document
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT books: SGPC objects to Anandpur Sahib resolution being dubbed as ‘separatist’ document

Hindustan Times  

Amid row over changes in National Council of Educational Research and Training ’s class 12 political science text books, Sikh bodies, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, said the Anandpur Sahib resolution adopted by the Shiromani Akali Dal as its goal in 1973 had been interpreted as a “separatist resolution” in one of the books. SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami …

Making India a 'Hindu-Rashtra' means destroying the country: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
2 years, 1 month ago

Making India a 'Hindu-Rashtra' means destroying the country: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister on Friday slammed those who are demanding to make India a 'Hindu Rashtra', saying If one wants to do this then he wants to destroy the country. Targeting the Modi government, Kumar said we can see what they want and if they move ahead, people will answer them. Those who want to speak and write against us …

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat backs LGBTQ rights, says 'they too should have their own private space'
2 years, 2 months ago

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat backs LGBTQ rights, says 'they too should have their own private space'

India TV News  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat backs LGBTQ rights, says 'they too should have their own private space' The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief said India has been undivided from the earliest times of recorded history, but was divided whenever the core Hindu sense was forgotten. Muslims have nothing to fear in India, but they must abandon their "boisterous rhetoric of supremacy", RSS …

SGPC to Launch Nationwide Campaign from Gurdwaras for Release of Sikh Detainees
2 years, 8 months ago

SGPC to Launch Nationwide Campaign from Gurdwaras for Release of Sikh Detainees

News 18  

Raising the pitch for release of Sikh detainees, the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday announced that campaigns will be launched from Gurdwaras across the country to raise sangat support over the issue. SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami announced that following direction from the Akal Takht acting Jathedar Harpreet Singh Shiromani, the committee has decided to initiate a nationwide campaign …

Rahul’s ‘Rule of Hindus’ Comment: Why Cong Needs Its Own Vocabulary
3 years, 3 months ago

Rahul’s ‘Rule of Hindus’ Comment: Why Cong Needs Its Own Vocabulary

The Quint  

Last week, in a bid to target the Bharatiya Janata Party and its many Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh affiliates, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi erred grievously. At a well-attended rally in Jaipur on 12 December, he said, “This is a country of Hindus, not Hindutvawadis … Hindutvawadis have to be ousted, and the rule of Hindus brought about in the country." In …

SGPC passes resolution against RSS for 'attempt to make India Hindu Rashtra'
3 years, 11 months ago

SGPC passes resolution against RSS for 'attempt to make India Hindu Rashtra'

Op India  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee passed a resolution against Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh on Tuesday. It further added that RSS wants to make India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’, and condemned the alleged attempts of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh to make India a Hindu Rashtra. The resolution passed by the SGPC said that “for a long time now, religious freedom of other religions …

SGPC resolution says RSS suppressing religious freedom in Hindu Rashtra bid
3 years, 11 months ago

SGPC resolution says RSS suppressing religious freedom in Hindu Rashtra bid

Hindustan Times  

AMRITSAR In a first, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee General House on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, alleging that it is attempting to establish a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, who was present in the session as per protocol, has also in the past sought a ban on the RSS, claiming, “The …

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh Calls For Ban On RSS, Slams Mohan Bhagwat’s Hindu Rashtra Comment
5 years, 5 months ago

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh Calls For Ban On RSS, Slams Mohan Bhagwat’s Hindu Rashtra Comment

The Quint  

Though the relationship hasn’t always been troubled, the Akal Takht has time and again criticised the RSS. In 2004, the Akal Takht had issued a Hukamnama directing Sikhs to stay away from RSS affiliate Rashtriya Sikh Sangat and calling the outfit “anti-Panthic”. Sikh bodies’ main complaint against the RSS is that it denies the separate identity of Sikhs and tries …

‘HINDU RASHTRA’ REMARK Akal Takht jathedar demands ban on RSS
5 years, 5 months ago

‘HINDU RASHTRA’ REMARK Akal Takht jathedar demands ban on RSS

Hindustan Times  

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday demanded a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh while terming as ‘divisive’ the statement of its chief Mohan Bhagwat that India is a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. Last week, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gobind Singh Longowal had also condemned Bhagwat’s statement. Damdami Taksal president Harnam Singh Dhuma also criticised the RSS chief’s …

'Bharat Hindu Rashtra hai': RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's stunning declaration
5 years, 5 months ago

'Bharat Hindu Rashtra hai': RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's stunning declaration

India TV News  

On Tuesday, RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat made a non pretentious statement where he claimed India is a 'Hindu Rashtra' during a book launch in Delhi. "Hamare yahan matbhed ho sakta hai, manved nahi", said Bhagwat, after launching "The RSS: Roadmap for 21st century", a new book by Sunil Ambekar, head of ABVP, the students wing of the saffron outfit. Heaping …

RSS hasn't changed its tune on Muslims; critics lack an understanding of its principles and value systems
6 years, 6 months ago

RSS hasn't changed its tune on Muslims; critics lack an understanding of its principles and value systems

Firstpost  

The surprise over Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Muslims in a “Hindu rashtra” indicates a lack of understanding of the RSS’ concept of Hindutva. While the RSS kept expanding across the length and breadth of India through its social welfare and ‘vyakti-nirman’ programmes and gained commensurate cultural influence and strength, vilification of Sangh became a political construct in the media and …

SGPC rejects Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, says panel committed sacrilege
6 years, 7 months ago

SGPC rejects Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, says panel committed sacrilege

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday rejected the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, terming it “bogus”. This is a baseless report made to vitiate peaceful atmosphere of Punjab,” stated the resolution passed by the executive panel of the apex gurdwara body during an emergency meeting at its head office here. SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal chaired the meeting, which …

What is Hindu Rashtra?
7 years, 8 months ago

What is Hindu Rashtra?

The Hindu  

CONSIDERABLE controversy has been generated, once again, around M.S. This is absolutely central to Golwalkar’s political project since, if this cannot be proved, then logically the Hindus would be as much of a “foreign race” as anybody else who came to this land. Totally ignoring—in fact rejecting—the recorded history of this period which was available to Golwalkar’s generation, he straitjackets …

Kashmir will not remain part of ‘Hindu Rashtra’, warns Farooq Abdullah
8 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir will not remain part of ‘Hindu Rashtra’, warns Farooq Abdullah

India TV News  

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said that if India ever became a ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Kashmir will not remain part of that country. Farooq Abdullah asked the central government to take action against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for saying that India is a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. If he says that it is a Hindu Rashtra, then he is …

Are you planning to turn India into a 'Hindu rashtra', Muslim clerics ask RSS | IndiaTV News
10 years, 1 month ago

Are you planning to turn India into a 'Hindu rashtra', Muslim clerics ask RSS | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Kanpur: A delegation of Muslim clerics led by the Sunni Ulema Council's General Secretary met RSS functionary Indresh and posed six questions to the Sangh including whether it has prepared a format to turn India into a Hindu 'rashtra', which he claimed left the saffron outfit irritated. "We had a meeting with senior RSS functionary Indreshji last night during which …

Muslim clerics pose six questions to RSS
10 years, 1 month ago

Muslim clerics pose six questions to RSS

The Hindu  

A delegation of Muslim clerics led by the Sunni Ulema Council general secretary Haji Mohammed Salees met RSS functionary Indresh Kumar and posed six questions to the Sangh including whether it has prepared a format to turn India into a Hindu rashtra. “We had a meeting with senior RSS functionary Indresh ji last night during which we asked six questions, …

Mohan Bhagwat says India is a Hindu Rashtra | India TV News
10 years, 1 month ago

Mohan Bhagwat says India is a Hindu Rashtra | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that India is a "Hindu Rashtra" and there is a need to organize all Hindus in the country for which this is "favourable time". Quoting famous poet Rabindranath Tagore, he said whenever there will be conflicts among Hindus and Muslims, "a middle- path will emerge and that path will be of Hindutava." …

India a 'Hindu Rashtra'; favourable time to organise all Hindus: Bhagwat
10 years, 1 month ago

India a 'Hindu Rashtra'; favourable time to organise all Hindus: Bhagwat

Firstpost  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that India is a “Hindu Rashtra” and there is a need to organize all Hindus in the country for which this is “favourable time”. New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that India is a “Hindu Rashtra” and there is a need to organize all Hindus in the country for which this is …

RSS and Sikhs
10 years, 2 months ago

RSS and Sikhs

The Hindu  

THE BJP may be in coalition with the Akali Dal in Punjab, but its parent, the RSS, has been stoking the fires of communal discord between Sikhs and Hindus. Chander Suta Dogra reported in The Indian Express of December 15, 2014, that RSS shakhas have sprouted in Punjab and its pracharaks boast, “Our time has come”, thanks to a pracharak-headed …

Ghar wapsi in Punjab? RSS converts Christians to Sikhism, raises Akali ire
10 years, 3 months ago

Ghar wapsi in Punjab? RSS converts Christians to Sikhism, raises Akali ire

Firstpost  

As the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ agenda gains momentum, the Hindu right it seems is extending these ceremonies to Sikhism as well and helping Christians become Sikhs again. According to an Indian Express report, RSS and other affiliated groups in Punjab, claimed to have converted over 8,000 Christians back to ‘Sikhism’ in the “last three years, some 3,500 of them over the …

RSS rapped BJP for breaking alliance, claims Shiv Sena
10 years, 5 months ago

RSS rapped BJP for breaking alliance, claims Shiv Sena

India TV News  

Mumbai: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party for snapping the 25-year-old partnership last week, the Shiv Sena said in its party mouthpiece on Tuesday. In a front-page revelation in 'Saamana', the Shiv Sena has said that three days after the BJP broke the alliance, a secret meeting was held in south Mumbai. Another RSS leader made …

Links between RSS and terrorists need to be probed: Congress
14 years, 3 months ago

Links between RSS and terrorists need to be probed: Congress

The Hindu  

The idea of India — that is democracy — faces its most serious challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party and it was intent not just on shredding the secular fabric of the nation, but also on destroying the democratic institutions, the Congress alleged here on Sunday. Both in a political resolution as well as in speeches by senior leaders and …

An agenda unmasked
22 years, 3 months ago

An agenda unmasked

The Hindu  

RSS's Tryst with Politics: From Hedgewar to Sudarshan by Pralay Kanungo, New Delhi, Manohar, 2002, pages 314, Rs.625. The author discusses the politics of the Arya Samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha in order to highlight the environment of hatred that formed the basis of the founding of the RSS in 1925. Talking about organisation, the author mentions the ambivalence in …

Fundamentalist designs in Punjab
24 years, 1 month ago

Fundamentalist designs in Punjab

The Hindu  

The attempt by Shiv Sena activist to demolish a mosque in Gurdaspur point to the larger fundamentalist mobilisation initiated by the Hindu Right to bring back Hindu voters weaned away by the Congress. Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti voiced the Sikh religious establishment's outrage on January 1. At a rally in Ferozepur on January 12, Member of the Lok …

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