By Azad Essa / Middle East Eye
At least two Hindu nationalist organisations will be participating in this week’s India Day rally in the same New Jersey towns that saw anti-Muslim symbols paraded through the streets during a rally a year ago, Middle East Eye can reveal.
According to several sources in New Jersey, the Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh (HSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHPA), designated by scholars as the overseas branches of their right-wing counterparts in India, will participate as part of a cohort of 21 organisations taking part in the annual India Day parade that marks Indian Independence Day on 15 August.
The parade, in its 19th year, organised by the Indian Business Association (IBA), is set to take place Sunday afternoon in Woodbridge and Edison.
The IBA confirmed to MEE that both the HSS and VHPA would be participating in the parade.
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