Hindu Jagarana Vedike Explained

Hindu Jagarana Vedike is a right wing Indian Hindu activist group affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[1] [2] It is National Volunteer Association for men to protect the Hindus.[3] Its stated objective is "to organise, consolidate the Hindu society and to serve and protect.[4] the Hindu Dharma The ideology of the organisation is based on Hindutva.[5] The main task of this organization is to stop atrocities against animals. It has many branches in different states of India.[6] The HJV (Hindu Jagarana Vedike) is considered a member of the Sangh Parivar group an umbrella term for Hindu nationalist organisations led by the RSS.[7] [8]

Parent Organisation:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Affiliation:Sangh Parivar

The Hindu Jagarana Vedike was involved in the 2012 Mangalore homestay attack, where 50 activists of the outfit broke into a house and assaulted the people who were partying. They dragged the girls by their hair, beat them and molested them. Men were assaulted.[9] [10]

The Human rights organisation, People's Union for Civil Liberties, reported Hindu Jagarana Vedike as one of the perpetrators of the 2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COVID-19: Mangaluru couple end lives. August 17, 2021. www.thehindu.com.
  2. Web site: Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader arrested in Bengaluru for inflammatory speech. September 29, 2017. www.thehindu.com.
  3. Web site: Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth booked for provocative speech in Mangaluru. September 23, 2017. The News Minute.
  4. Web site: Jagadish Karanth arrest: Saffron activists unfazed. gururaj. paniyadi. October 6, 2017. Deccan Chronicle.
  5. Web site: Kundapur: HJV Byndoor stage protests against Love Jihad. www.daijiworld.com.
  6. Web site: QBengaluru: Hindu Group Against Proposed Jesus Statue & More. The. Quint. January 14, 2020. TheQuint.
  7. Book: Jelen. Ted Gerard. Wilcox. Clyde. Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, The Few, and The Many.. 2002. Cambridge University Press.. 978-0-521-65031-1. 253.
  8. Web site: DP Bhattacharya, ET Bureau . Communal skirmishes rising after Narendra Modi's departure from Gujarat - Economic Times . Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com . 2014-08-04 . 2014-08-14.
  9. Web site: Moral policing in Mangalore draws ire of Centre, people. 2022-01-15. India Today. en.
  10. Web site: 2012-07-29. Moral police bust party, assault girls in Mangalore. 2022-01-15. Hindustan Times. en.
  11. News: Staff Reporter. 2021-12-15. 39 attacks on Christians in Karnataka this year: PUCL report. en-IN. The Hindu. 2022-01-10. 0971-751X.

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