Sangh Parivar

Sangh Parivar is an umbrella of Hindutva groups led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a paramilitary organisation based in India, which KB Hedgewar founded in 1925.

RSS is at the center of the Sangh, which sets the priorities and tactics for promoting Hindu nationalist ideals and goals to consolidate the Hindu society and achieve their goal of a Hindu nation.

The Sangh Parivar includes RSS affiliates like Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Durga Vahini, Sewa Bharati, Sewa International, Ekal Vidyalaya, Hindu Yuva Vahini, Sanatan Sanstha, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram among others. More details here.

Hindutva leader Harshita Thakur, 6 others booked for provocative gesture against dargah in Belagavi (The Hindu)

By The Hindu Bureau Belagavi district police registered a case against seven leaders of Hindutva organisations, including Harshita Thakur of Maharashtra, in relation to making...

Bengaluru: Murder accused Puneet Kerehalli arrested after landlord complains of harassment (The News Minute)

By TNM Staff Bengaluru police have arrested murder accused Hindutva activist Puneet Kerehalli and his associate after a landlord alleged that they threatened and abused...

How the Rise of Hindutva and the Rise of Wealth Concentration Are Linked (The Wire)

By Rohit Varman Excerpted with permission from The Politics of Corporations in ‘New’ India, published by Cambridge University Press. The Sangh Parivar has garnered mass support by...
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