Fascist Groups in India

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People who think fascism is an European matter should take a look at this report which tells story of a Indian fascist group called Ranveer Sena , this group is one of the many Hindu fascist group that exist in India.



The private armies and the politics of ban

In the late '60s the lower caste peasants from Bihar drawing inspiration from Naxalism in West Bengal raised the banner of revolt against the traditional exploitation of the landlords. The upper caste landlords and intermediate castes formed many private armies. The Rajputs were the first among the upper castes to form the private armies, the Kuer Sena in 1969. The formation of Kuer Sena was followed by the Brahmarishi Sena of Bhumihars, Lorik Sena of Yadavs, and Bhoomi Sena of Koiris. [1] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftn1)
The Bathani Tola massacre of July 11, 1996 was a turning point in the State's troubled caste history. The Ranvir Sena men killed 21 Dalits.
In the intervening night of 1 and 2 December 1997, Ranvir Senas perpetrated Laxmanpur Bathe massacre in which 59 Dalits including 26 women and 19 were children under the age of 10 slaughtered.
In the Shanker Bigha massacre in Jehanabad on 25 June 1999, 23 Dalits were killed by suspected Ranvir Senas
On 10 February 1999, 12 Dalits were massacred at Narayanpur in Jehnabad. The Narayanpur massacre was a political landmark in Bihar's rocky history. The National Democratic Alliance government dismissed the Rabri Devi government only to be reinstated later.
The Ranvir Senas have been reportedly involved in 33 massacre cases claiming over 280 lives. [2] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftn2) Pregnant women and children appear to be the Ranvir Sena's special targets, for it apparently views attacks on them as an easy means to check the increase in the Dalit population. [3] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftn3) Four central Bihar districts of Jahanabad, Arwal, Gaya and Bhojpur, as well as Goh block of Paliganj and Paliganj block of Patna district bore the brunt of the Ranvir Sena.
The Ranvir Sena Chief Barmeshwar Singh, alias Mukhiaji, has been arrested and facing in a large number of criminal cases, which included those related to massacres. The state government opposed the bail application of Mr Singh before the Patna High Court in April 2006.
However, unlike the Peoples War (PW) neither the Central government nor state government of Bihar banned Ranvir Sena. The Centre declared the MCC and PW as “terrorist organisations” under section 18 of the Prevention of Terrorist Act, 2002 and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 2004.
The Amir Das Commission was set up on December 27, 1997 to probe the alleged political links of the banned outfit of upper castes, Ranveer Sena, whose activists had reportedly butchered 61 Dalits at Laxmanpur Bathe on December 1, 1997. Until today, not a single report has been submitted. Instead of seeking the truth, Bihar government has disbanded the Commission after its term expired in the first week of April 2006.


[1] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftnref1) . Caste war in Bihar: Role of private armies, The Hindustan Times, available at http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/6253_150369,00160003.htm

[2] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftnref2) . Voters panic as Ranvir Sena chief joins fray, The Statesman, 24 February 2004

[3] (http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm#_ftnref3) . Caste war in Bihar: Role of private armies, The Hindustan Times, available at http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/6253_150369,00160003.htm



Link to the article
http://www.achrweb.org/ncm/ranvir-sena.htm

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Hindu extremists' reward to kill Christians, as Britain refuses to bar members


Rhys Blakely in Bombay
Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern state of Orissa.
The allegations follow the British Government’s refusal to prevent members of two radical groups linked to the worst antiChristian violence in India since Partition entering Britain.
The US-based head of a Christian organisation that runs several orphanages in Orissa – one of India’s poorest regions – claims that Christian leaders are being targeted by Hindu militants and carry a price on their heads. “The going price to kill a pastor is $250 (£170),” Faiz Rahman, the chairman of Good News India, said.
A spokesman for the All-India Christian Council said: “People are being offered rewards to kill, and to destroy churches and Christian properties. They are being offered foreign liquor, chicken, mutton and weapons. They are given petrol and kerosene.”
Ram Madhav, a spokesman for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the largest hardline Hindu group, denied the claims. “The accusation is absolutely false,” he said.
Orissa has suffered a series of murders and arson attacks in recent months, with at least 67 Christians killed, according to the Roman Catholic Church. Several thousand homes have been razed and hundreds of places of worship destroyed, and crops are now wasting in the fields.
In recent weeks the violence has subsided but at least 11,000 Christian refugees remain in camps in Kandhamal, the district worst affected. “They are too scared to go home. They know that if they return to their villages they will be forced to convert to Hinduism,” Father Manoj, who is based at the Archbishop’s office in Bhubaneshwar, the state capital, said.
The violence was triggered in August by the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, a senior figure in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a hardline Hindu group, who had campaigned against the alleged forced conversions of poor Hindus by foreign-backed Christian missionaries.
Maoist militants claimed responsibility for the killing, but the VHP blamed Christians and called for revenge. This week extremists said that if Mr Lakshmanananda’s killers were not caught by December 15 they would begin a day of violence on December 25.
A group of Catholic bishops from Orissa believe that the attacks have a sinister objective.
In a letter to the state’s chief minister they wrote: “This conflict is a calculated and preplanned masterplan to wipe out Christianity from Kandhamal in order to realise the hidden agenda . . . of establishing a Hindu nation.”
This month Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, turned down a plea for members of the RSS and the Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the VHP, to be barred from entering Britain.
“Neither organisation is proscribed in the United Kingdom or in India, nor do the Indian Government classify either as a terrorist organisation,” Lord Malloch-Brown said, in reply to a question from Lord Patten of Barnes. There have been calls from members of India’s ruling government coalition for the RSS and Bajrang Dal to be banned but analysts say the Government is unlikely to act for fear of alienating Hindu voters in the run-up to general elections in the spring.
The RSS has been outlawed temporarily three times; the first in 1948, after a former member assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.


Link to article

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5186703.ece








Look at that , Hindu extremists same as Taliban

[t.shonku]

I got some graphic pictures showing the Hindu extremists


Link to article
http://indianterrorism.bravepages.com/gujarat%20pictures%204.htm

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Now here are some news article on involvement of Hindu extremists in anti-Muslim activities in India including causing bomb blast in Mosques , surprisingly it seems that factions within Indian Army is also involved


Hindu group behind Malegaon blast: Police

The Maharashtra police are said to have cracked the September 29 bomb blasts in Malegaon and Modasa town in neighbouring Gujarat saying these were allegedly carried out by the Hindu Jagran Manch, an Indore-based Hindu extremist group known to have links to the BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The key suspects are being questioned, top Maharashtra Police sources have told The Indian Express.
Five Muslims were killed in a powerful blast in the communally sensitive textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra and one Muslim boy was killed in the explosion in Modasa in Sabarkantha district.
Both bombs were placed on motorcycles parked in crowded areas days before Eid and set off after Muslims had broken their Ramzan fast on a Monday evening.
The BJP had condemned both the blasts. Investigators initially suspected Islamist groups such as SIMI or the Indian Mujahideen to be behind the near-simultaneous attacks — the first blast was at Modasa at 9.26 pm, the second minutes later in Malegaon — as they came in the aftermath of blasts in Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi.

Besides, the motorcycle in Malegaon was parked below the now-defunct first floor office of SIMI while the one used in Modasa had Islamic stickers on its seat.
However, investigators found that these were apparently attempts by the attackers to mislead them, the sources said.
The breakthrough, they said, came when they traced the origin of the two-wheeler used in Malegaon. The vehicle used was a LML Freedom brand although some of its parts had been cannibalised from other vehicles and the chassis and engine numbers had been erased.
Link to article
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hindu-group-behind-malegaon-blast-police/376802/











Former Indian army officers detained for mosque blast (http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/26/top9.htm)

25 Oct 2008

NEW DELHI, Oct 25: India’s federal police, the CBI, was investigating two former army officers on Saturday for their alleged links with rightwing Hindu extremists named in recent attacks, including a bomb blast near a mosque in Malegaon in Maharashtra that killed five worshippers during Ramazan.

The unidentified army officers were picked up from Pune a day after three other suspects, including a fire-breathing woman ascetic or Sadhvi, were arrested for involvement in the attack in communally sensitive Malegaon. The attack was initially blamed on Muslim extremists.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Shamlal Sahu and Shivnarayan Singh thus arrested earlier have been linked to extremist groups in Madhya Pradesh, a state ruled by the rightwing BJP.

The ex-army officials are believed to have given training to people involved in carrying out the blasts. Reports also said the ex-army men had provided RDX explosives to the Hindu extremists, which was found to have been used in Malegaon.

A motorcycle used in that blast on September 29 belonged to the Sadhvi. Besides having links with the BJP’s student wing ABVP, she is associated with the Indore-based radical Hindu Jagran Manch, accused also of involvement in Modasa attack in Gujarat in which one person was killed.

The arrest of the former army officers in extremist attacks may be a new phenomenon, but many of the ex-officers have been active members of rightwing group

[Delenda Carthago]

Whats the deal between them and naxalists? Im pretty sure they dont have they are not on the best terms.