Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Hindu bodies to meet, chalk out plan for a Hindu Rashtra by 2023

- Naresh Kamath letters@hindustant­imes.com

MUMBAI: Approximat­ely 150 Hindu outfits will meet in Goa from June 14 to 17 for a convention to chalk out a programme for establishi­ng a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ in India by 2023.

The conclave is being organised by the Hindu Janajagrut­i Samiti (HJS), the sister outfit of Sanatan Sanstha, which was caught in controvers­y after the murder of rationalis­t Dr Narendra Dabholkar.

“The recent election of Yogi Adityanath, who is a strong proponent of Hindu Rashtra with a brute majority, shows that people want a Hindu Rashtra in India. Our conclave will provide direction on how to proceed in this mission,” said Uday Dhuri, spokespers­on, HJS. Dhuri said that the Hindu Rashtra will come into being in 2023 and the HJS wants to unite all Hindu outfits to work together in this mission.

The various topics to be discussed at the conclave include love jihad, religious conversion­s, protection of Hindu religious places, defamation of Hindu saints, and change in the demography of population where local Hindus are being shunted out.

“We will devise ways to stop atrocities on the Hindu population. Our Hindu nation will be based along the lines of Chhatrapat­i Shivaji’s rule, where all religions were respected and none appeased,” said Dhuri.

The Congress said the Hindutva programme of HJS has the BJP’s blessings.

“These outfits carry out subversive activities with impunity, thanks to the support from the BJP-led government. The government has enough material and proof to ban the Sanatan Sansthan and its sister outfits like HJS, but it turns a blind eye towards them and allows them to take law into their own hands,” said Maharashtr­a Congress spokespers­on Sachin Sawant.

The HJS was establishe­d by psychiatri­st Dr Jayant Balaji Athavale, also the founder of Sanatan Sanstha, on October 7, 2002, and its aim is to establish a Hindu nation and protect Hindu culture.

SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE LOVE JIHAD, RELIGIOUS CONVERSION­S AND PROTECTION OF HINDU RELIGIOUS PLACES

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