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  • Uttarakhand: After Purola, Muslim shopkeeper’s store closed in Kalsi for promoting puja objects

    By Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Activists of Rudra Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal staged a protest at Kalsi Gate market in opposition to a Muslim man for promoting objects used for worshipping Hindu deities. The store was compelled to shut amid huge protests.

    Sensing that the scenario was deteriorating, the police of Kalsi police station took the Rudra Sena chief into custody.

    After being launched from the police station, Rakesh Tomar ‘Uttarakhandi’ advised TNIE, “The dairy farm shop is allotted in the name of a woman. About four months ago, was rented out against the rules to a person belonging to a particular religion. Rakesh Tomar alleged, “The mentioned individual belonging to a selected faith is promoting objects of worship materials by hiding his actual id. Due to which the religion of Hindu faith is being damage”.

    Kalsi police station in-charge Ravindra Negi advised this reporter, “No one can be allowed to spoil the atmosphere of the city.  Rakesh Tomar has been released conditionally after instructions”. After this, talks have additionally been held with the dairy administration on this regard. The administration has been requested to settle the dispute associated to the store.

    Activists of Rudra Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, led by Rudrasena founder Rakesh ‘Uttarakhandi’, gathered at Kalsi Bazar on Saturday the place they staged a sit-in. Though the police managed to finish the agitation after a while, the scenario has remained calm however tense since then.

    Rakesh Tomar of Rudra Sena mentioned, “The meat shop in the market is being operated by hiding the identity of a particular religion. There is no ‘halal’ board outside the shop. “Such retailers is not going to be allowed to function below any circumstances,” he said.  “If the dairy administration doesn’t cancel the allotment of the store inside seven days, the agitation can be launched once more”, added Tomar.

    DEHRADUN: Activists of Rudra Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal staged a protest at Kalsi Gate market in opposition to a Muslim man for promoting objects used for worshipping Hindu deities. The store was compelled to shut amid huge protests.

    Sensing that the scenario was deteriorating, the police of Kalsi police station took the Rudra Sena chief into custody.

    After being launched from the police station, Rakesh Tomar ‘Uttarakhandi’ advised TNIE, “The dairy farm shop is allotted in the name of a woman. About four months ago, was rented out against the rules to a person belonging to a particular religion. Rakesh Tomar alleged, “The mentioned individual belonging to a selected faith is promoting objects of worship materials by hiding his actual id. Due to which the religion of Hindu faith is being damage”.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Kalsi police station in-charge Ravindra Negi advised this reporter, “No one can be allowed to spoil the atmosphere of the city.  Rakesh Tomar has been released conditionally after instructions”. After this, talks have additionally been held with the dairy administration on this regard. The administration has been requested to settle the dispute associated to the store.

    Activists of Rudra Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, led by Rudrasena founder Rakesh ‘Uttarakhandi’, gathered at Kalsi Bazar on Saturday the place they staged a sit-in. Though the police managed to finish the agitation after a while, the scenario has remained calm however tense since then.

    Rakesh Tomar of Rudra Sena mentioned, “The meat shop in the market is being operated by hiding the identity of a particular religion. There is no ‘halal’ board outside the shop. “Such retailers is not going to be allowed to function below any circumstances,” he said.  “If the dairy administration doesn’t cancel the allotment of the store inside seven days, the agitation can be launched once more”, added Tomar.

  • Bajrang Dal, VHP cadres vandalize under-construction mosque in UP

    By Online Desk

    The cadres of the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday vandalized an under-construction mosque positioned close to the Balkhandi Naka space within the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh.

    The video of the vandalism has gone viral on social media.

    The cadres went berserk even because the cops, who have been known as to regulate the commotion, stood as mute spectators. 

    #bandapolice थाना कोतवाली नगर क्षेत्र की घटना के संबंध में वीडियो बाइट पुलिस अधीक्षक बांदा श्री अभिनंदन।#अभिनंदन #UPPolice pic.twitter.com/oYMmaLh50g

    — Banda Police (@bandapolice) February 16, 2023

    The hooliganism continued for half-hour, reviews stated.

    According to a report, the violent mob parked their bikes in the midst of the street and began yelling slogans towards the development of the mosque, which additionally induced hindrance in site visitors motion.

    On info, police rushed to the spot to take inventory of the scenario. But as an alternative of controlling the unruly mob, the policemen remained a silent spectator to the acts of the right-wing group, ETV Bharat reported. 

    The cadres of the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday vandalized an under-construction mosque positioned close to the Balkhandi Naka space within the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh.

    The video of the vandalism has gone viral on social media.

    The cadres went berserk even because the cops, who have been known as to regulate the commotion, stood as mute spectators. 

    #bandapolice थाना कोतवाली नगर क्षेत्र की घटना के संबंध में वीडियो बाइट पुलिस अधीक्षक बांदा श्री अभिनंदन।#अभिनंदन #UPPolice pic.twitter.com/oYMmaLh50g
    — Banda Police (@bandapolice) February 16, 2023
    The hooliganism continued for half-hour, reviews stated.

    According to a report, the violent mob parked their bikes in the midst of the street and began yelling slogans towards the development of the mosque, which additionally induced hindrance in site visitors motion.

    On info, police rushed to the spot to take inventory of the scenario. But as an alternative of controlling the unruly mob, the policemen remained a silent spectator to the acts of the right-wing group, ETV Bharat reported. 

  • Alleging ‘compelled’ conversion, Hindu organisations beat up Santa Claus in Gujarat

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the New Year celebrations, individuals dressed as Santa Claus was allegedly overwhelmed up by a Hindu organisation in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Friday. Videos of the assault went viral on social media.

    Santa Claus who had been attacked

    On Friday evening, Bajrang Dal activists reached the Kankaria zoo entry gate the place Kankaria Carnival 2022 was organised by the federal government. They alleged that the individuals dressed up as Santa Claus had been into conversion exercise by giving candies and non secular books to the guests. They additionally claimed that they obtained complaints about the identical.

    Speaking to media individuals, North Gujarat Bajrang Dal president Javalit Mehta mentioned, “When we  went there to protest against the people who were doing religious conversion activity, there was a clash with some of them.”

    The video of members of the Hindu supremacist organisation attacking and beating the people gown up as Santa Claus went viral on social media. The members had been seen threatening the Santa Clauses to “go back” to their church buildings to unfold the phrase about their faith.

    Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesperson Hitendrasinh Rajput mentioned, “for the past four days of the Kankaria Carnival, missionaries have been promoting Christianity by selling books dressed as Santa Claus near the entry of the zoo and promoting conversion activities by explaining about Jesus and Christianity. On being informed about the matter, 20 activists led by North Gujarat president of Bajrang Dal Javalit Mehta stopped the conversion activity in the government program at around 9 pm on Friday.”

    No police criticism has been registered in regards to the incident to date.

    The Kankaria Carnival 2022 was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on twenty fifth December, noticed as Good Governance Day, on the delivery anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The seven-day occasion is being organised after a niche of two years. The CM additionally nearly inaugurated Panch Mahotsav at Pavagadh in Panchmahals district.

    AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the New Year celebrations, individuals dressed as Santa Claus was allegedly overwhelmed up by a Hindu organisation in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Friday. Videos of the assault went viral on social media.

    Santa Claus who had been attackedOn Friday evening, Bajrang Dal activists reached the Kankaria zoo entry gate the place Kankaria Carnival 2022 was organised by the federal government. They alleged that the individuals dressed up as Santa Claus had been into conversion exercise by giving candies and non secular books to the guests. They additionally claimed that they obtained complaints about the identical.

    Speaking to media individuals, North Gujarat Bajrang Dal president Javalit Mehta mentioned, “When we  went there to protest against the people who were doing religious conversion activity, there was a clash with some of them.”

    The video of members of the Hindu supremacist organisation attacking and beating the people gown up as Santa Claus went viral on social media. The members had been seen threatening the Santa Clauses to “go back” to their church buildings to unfold the phrase about their faith.

    Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesperson Hitendrasinh Rajput mentioned, “for the past four days of the Kankaria Carnival, missionaries have been promoting Christianity by selling books dressed as Santa Claus near the entry of the zoo and promoting conversion activities by explaining about Jesus and Christianity. On being informed about the matter, 20 activists led by North Gujarat president of Bajrang Dal Javalit Mehta stopped the conversion activity in the government program at around 9 pm on Friday.”

    No police criticism has been registered in regards to the incident to date.

    The Kankaria Carnival 2022 was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on twenty fifth December, noticed as Good Governance Day, on the delivery anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The seven-day occasion is being organised after a niche of two years. The CM additionally nearly inaugurated Panch Mahotsav at Pavagadh in Panchmahals district.

  • Lucknow Diary: Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 

    Express News Service

    ​Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 
    Having parted methods with the SP-led alliance which had taken form forward of 2022 UP Assembly elections, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is once more gravitating to the ruling BJP with which it had damaged its alliance in 2019 over seat allocation normally elections. The newest indication of accelerating proximity got here to the fore when SBSP chief OP Rajbhar was noticed sitting beside UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Foundation meet on Monday. Rajbhar has been going gaga over BJP authorities particularly Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for a while.

    VHP to launch drive towards ‘love jihad’
    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is ready to launch an 11-day nationwide drive towards pressured non secular conversions (love jihad) from at the moment. The VHP insiders declare that the drive’s purpose is to execute ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) of 1000’s of Hindus who have been ‘forced’ to embrace Islam or Christianity. Calling it an consciousness drive for many who need to come again to Sanatan dharma, the outfit is believed to have recognized 1,000 delicate districts throughout the nation which have recorded a excessive fee of spiritual conversions in not too long ago. The drive will conclude on December 31. 

    Action towards docs for skipping govt posting 
    The state authorities is able to crack whip on super-specialty docs, who skip two-year obligatory posting at a authorities medical institute as per the bond they signal on the time of becoming a member of their medical course. As per the bond, in the event that they fail to adjust to the clause, the docs can be liable to face authorized motion, together with FIR for restoration. Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut has lodged a primary FIR on this connection stating that the candidates involved violated the bond. Among the 132 candidates from the 2018 super-speciality batch, three didn’t flip as much as serve the bond. One of them was supposed to hitch at Meerut, and the others (one every) at Prayagraj and Lucknow. 

    Namita bajpai
    Our correspondent in Uttar Pradesh
    namita.bajpai@ newindianexpress.com

    ​Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 
    Having parted methods with the SP-led alliance which had taken form forward of 2022 UP Assembly elections, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is once more gravitating to the ruling BJP with which it had damaged its alliance in 2019 over seat allocation normally elections. The newest indication of accelerating proximity got here to the fore when SBSP chief OP Rajbhar was noticed sitting beside UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Foundation meet on Monday. Rajbhar has been going gaga over BJP authorities particularly Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for a while.

    VHP to launch drive towards ‘love jihad’
    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is ready to launch an 11-day nationwide drive towards pressured non secular conversions (love jihad) from at the moment. The VHP insiders declare that the drive’s purpose is to execute ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) of 1000’s of Hindus who have been ‘forced’ to embrace Islam or Christianity. Calling it an consciousness drive for many who need to come again to Sanatan dharma, the outfit is believed to have recognized 1,000 delicate districts throughout the nation which have recorded a excessive fee of spiritual conversions in not too long ago. The drive will conclude on December 31. 

    Action towards docs for skipping govt posting 
    The state authorities is able to crack whip on super-specialty docs, who skip two-year obligatory posting at a authorities medical institute as per the bond they signal on the time of becoming a member of their medical course. As per the bond, in the event that they fail to adjust to the clause, the docs can be liable to face authorized motion, together with FIR for restoration. Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut has lodged a primary FIR on this connection stating that the candidates involved violated the bond. Among the 132 candidates from the 2018 super-speciality batch, three didn’t flip as much as serve the bond. One of them was supposed to hitch at Meerut, and the others (one every) at Prayagraj and Lucknow. 

    Namita bajpai
    Our correspondent in Uttar Pradesh
    namita.bajpai@ newindianexpress.com

  • MP: Bajrang Dal, VHP Activists cease automobile carrying tribal kids, allege non secular conversion

    By PTI

    KHANDWA: Right-wing activists created ruckus by intercepting a automobile transporting a gaggle of kids to a programme at a faculty in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa on Monday, accusing the organisers of non secular conversion, police stated.

    The incident occurred when a automobile was transporting a gaggle of tribal girls and boys to a programme being organised at Saint Pius School in Khandwa, an official stated.

    Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal stopped the automobile close to the varsity, alleging that the kids had been being taken for non secular conversion.

    According to eye-witnesses, the right-wing activists stopped the automobile for a very long time until the police and district officers reached the spot.

    The VHP’s district secretary Animesh Joshi claimed that they’d stopped the automobile after receiving data {that a} group of tribal girls and boys had been being introduced for non secular conversion.

    Action must be taken in opposition to the organisers, as they had been conducting the programme with out permission, he stated.

    Sub-divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Arvind Chouhan, who additionally reached the spot following the incident, stated the police had been investigating the matter, because the programme was organised with none prior permission.

    The police have recorded the statements of the kids, organisers and college academics and additional authorized steps might be taken after a probe, he stated.

    Meanwhile, Father Jose, the organiser of the programme, claimed that solely catholic girls and boys had been invited for the programme, and efforts to hunt permission for the occasion from the district administration weren’t profitable.

    KHANDWA: Right-wing activists created ruckus by intercepting a automobile transporting a gaggle of kids to a programme at a faculty in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa on Monday, accusing the organisers of non secular conversion, police stated.

    The incident occurred when a automobile was transporting a gaggle of tribal girls and boys to a programme being organised at Saint Pius School in Khandwa, an official stated.

    Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal stopped the automobile close to the varsity, alleging that the kids had been being taken for non secular conversion.

    According to eye-witnesses, the right-wing activists stopped the automobile for a very long time until the police and district officers reached the spot.

    The VHP’s district secretary Animesh Joshi claimed that they’d stopped the automobile after receiving data {that a} group of tribal girls and boys had been being introduced for non secular conversion.

    Action must be taken in opposition to the organisers, as they had been conducting the programme with out permission, he stated.

    Sub-divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Arvind Chouhan, who additionally reached the spot following the incident, stated the police had been investigating the matter, because the programme was organised with none prior permission.

    The police have recorded the statements of the kids, organisers and college academics and additional authorized steps might be taken after a probe, he stated.

    Meanwhile, Father Jose, the organiser of the programme, claimed that solely catholic girls and boys had been invited for the programme, and efforts to hunt permission for the occasion from the district administration weren’t profitable.

  • Cheques value Rs 22 crore donated to Ram Mandir Trust ‘bounced’: Vishwa Hindu Parishad

    By PTI

    AYODHYA (UTTAR PRADESH): Even as devotees from throughout the nation have donated liberally for the development of Ram Temple right here, 15,000 cheques value greater than Rs 22 crore obtained by the temple belief bounced, officers stated right here on Monday.

    According to a report launched by Vishwa Hindu Parishad on the behalf of its district items throughout the nation, thus far a sum of Rs 3,400 crore has been obtained by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in donation.

    The report additionally gave details about the bounced cheques, however didn’t elaborate on the explanations they might not be honoured. “A second report is also being prepared separating such cheques, so that we can get the exact information about cheques that have bounced due to various reasons,” Prakash Gupta, workplace supervisor of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya, informed PTI.

    “Many cheques might have bounced due to spelling mistakes or signature mismatch or any other technical reasons. Cheques which bounced due to petty technical reasons would be presented again with the bank,” he stated.

    The report revealed that the donors from Ayodhya district have the utmost variety of bounced cheques, exceeding 2,000. “Insufficient balance in the account has also emerged to be one of the main reasons for bouncing of cheques,” Gupta stated.

    He stated that the variety of individuals donating from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for the development of Ram temple is 31,663. The variety of individuals donating from Rs 5 lakh to 10 lakh is 1,428. “A total of 123 people donated between Rs 25 lakh and 50 lakh, and 127 donated between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore. The number of people donating more than Rs 1 crore is 74,” Gupta stated.

  • Will launch ‘battle’ towards Delhi Police if any motion is taken towards our activists: VHP  

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday threatened to launch “a battle” towards the Delhi Police if any motion is taken towards its activists in reference to the violence throughout a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri.

    This got here after police mentioned it has registered an FIR towards the organisers for taking out the procession with out permission, and arrested an individual, recognized as Prem Sharma, who’s a neighborhood VHP chief.

    However, the assertion was later withdrawn by the police, citing that Indian Penal Code part 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) is a bailable offence and the one who had joined the investigation was let off after questioning. The revised assertion issued by the police didn’t title the VHP and the Bajrang Dal.

    DCP (Northwest) Usha Rangnani mentioned that an FIR was registered towards organisers for finishing up a procession on Saturday night within the space with out permission and one accused particular person has joined the investigation.

    Reacting sharply to the police motion, VHP nationwide spokesperson Vinod Bansal informed PTI, “We have learnt that an FIR has been registered against VHP and Bajrang Dal activists, and one of the activists has been arrested as well. They (police) have done a big blunder.”

    He rejected as “absurd” the police declare that the procession was taken out by the organisers with out permission and mentioned it appears police have bowed down earlier than “Islamic jihadis”. “If there was no permission, how police personnel in such a large number were accompanying the yatra (procession)?” he requested.

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    Bansal mentioned the VHP is “a law-abiding organisation” and levelling such an allegation towards it and its activists raises many questions on the functioning of the police. The VHP won’t “tolerate such things” he mentioned “VHP will launch a battle if they (police) try to lodge a false case or pick any of its activists,” Bansal warned.

    Bansal accused the Delhi Police of “high handedness”, saying “all of a sudden, it withdrew a permission granted to a procession which was scheduled to be taken out on Monday”.

    “Also, yesterday in the morning, police forcefully stopped a yatra (procession), taken out from Bhalsawa village, about 100 metres before the point where it was scheduled to conclude,” he alleged and requested, “What is this?”.

  • ‘Ram temple will be completed in 2024… will not take up any issue till then’: VHP working president Alok Kumar

    A day after a Varanasi courtroom ordered the Archaeological Survey of India to “get a comprehensive archaeological physical survey” accomplished of the disputed Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque advanced, the difficulty was lacking from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) margdarshak mandal held in Haridwar on Friday. After the assembly, The Indian Express spoke to VHP working president Alok Kumar. Excerpts:
    Why was the Kashi problem not mentioned within the margdarshak mandal?
    The VHP and saints have determined that Ram Janmabhoomi is a serious problem and can be accomplished first. Ramlala can be put in contained in the garbhagriha. This work can be accomplished by 2024. Till then, no different problem can be taken up.
    What concerning the order from the Varanasi courtroom?
    That is an interim order type the courtroom and the courtroom has its course of. We will watch and can converse when wanted.
    How do you view the courtroom order?
    The order is to seek out out historic information and the information are identified… As far because the VHP is worried, we will not take up any such matter earlier than 2024. By that point, we anticipate to put in Ramlala in his temple. Let us full one activity. We will contemplate it (the Kashi problem) solely after that.
    The Ram Janmabhoomi motion helped the BJP to come back to energy. Will there be an analogous political affect of the Kashi problem?
    Till 2024, we is not going to even contemplate it (the Kashi problem). So the place is the query of political affect or in any other case? We will maintain a watch on no matter is occurring within the courtroom.

    Several years in the past, the VHP’s slogan was “Ayodhya toh bas jhanki hai, Kashi Mathura baki hai” (Ayodhya is only a preview, Kashi and Mathura are subsequent in line). What is the technique now?
    We are targeted on the jhanki (Ayodhya) at current. We have acquired donations for it (the Ram temple) from throughout the nation. The temple can be accomplished by 2024. We is not going to contemplate Kashi and Mathura until then.

  • Ayodhya Ram Mandir: More than one thousand crore rupees deposited in lower than month for building of Ram temple

    Highlights: One thousand crore rupees collected for Ram temple in lower than a month, this quantity was began from Makar Sankranti, the final nationwide donation marketing campaign to gather donations for Ram Mandir Donation in Ayodhya Ayodhya. So far, a couple of thousand crore rupees have been collected within the marketing campaign began within the month. This quantity has been raised in lower than 30 days on this nationwide marketing campaign began by Vishwa Hindu Parishad on the event of Makar Sankranti final month. Champat Rai, secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirthakshetra Trust, mentioned that each one sections of the society have paid richly for the development of the temple. He mentioned that until now a couple of thousand crore rupees have been deposited within the belief accounts of the three banks. He advised that about one and a half lakh staff of Vishwa Hindu Parishad are accumulating donations from home to accommodate for Ram temple. Ram Mandir Trust has opened accounts in State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda for this goal. The Nidhi Surrender marketing campaign began on 15 January for the development of the grand Ram temple will proceed until 27 February. Starting from Makar Sankranti to Magha Purnima, Sant Ravidas Jayanti, this countrywide marketing campaign is more likely to gather massive quantities of cash. Token image.

  • Gujarat: 9 VHP, RSS leaders detained for protesting outdoors Kutch SP workplace

    Police detained 9 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and RSS leaders who staged a dharna Tuesday outdoors the workplace of the superintendent of Kutch (east) police in Adipur, demanding the discharge of 9 VHP employees allegedly arrested after violence at Kidana village on Sunday.
    Groups of two communities had clashed in Kidana village close to Gandhidham city on Sunday night whereas VHP leaders had been finishing up a rath yatra to gather donations for the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
    A gaggle of VHP leaders, led by Ashok Raval, the organisation’s basic secretary for Gujarat, tried to stage a sit-in on the workplace of the SP on Tuesday morning.
    “We detained nine persons at 11:40 am and as per instructions of the SP, we handed them to Lakadiya police station,” an officer of Adipur police station advised The Indian Express.
    The officer additional stated that they’d no info until late night as as to whether the detainees being held at Lakadiya police station had been launched or not. “There are instructions not to allow such protests near the SP office and they were detained for sitting on dharna without permission,” the officer additional stated.
    Besides Raval, Krunal Rupapara, Naran Dangar, Satish Bajaj, Khushal Khadke and Vrajesh Pavagadhi had been among the many 9 detained. While Rupapara, Dangar and Bajaj are leaders of RSS, Pavagadhi is a frontrunner of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP), the scholars’ wing of the RSS.

    BV Chudasama, police inspector of Adipur, confirmed the detentions. However, VHP leaders stated that they had been launched from Lakadiya police station within the night. Raval, nevertheless, claimed that police had detained 10 individuals on Tuesday. “Today, ten of us VHP workers went to the SP office in Gandhidham to stage a sit-in demanding immediate release of our nine workers arrested after the Kidana village violence. However, the SP told us that we cannot stage a sit-in over there and a police team held us and detained us till evening,” Raval stated.
    Police stated that the VHP didn’t have permission to take out the rath yatra on Sunday and that the violence started after the outfit’s leaders and supporters began elevating spiritual slogans when the rath reached Masjid Chowk at Kidana.