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Fall of RSS Shakas :20000 to less than 5000

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:24 GMT

Lucknow, January 10 :BADLY in need of a facelift, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and some in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have taken a leaf out of the Congress’s book. Uncharacteristic of the RSS, its sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s three-day visit to Lucknow was publicised through two dozen hoardings across the city. They were, however, reportedly...

Babri Masjid demolition was planned: Liberhan

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:41 GMT

Vidya Subrahmaniam Report indicts Advani, Joshi, Vajpayee...

Proof of planning, conspiracy a big blow to BJP, RSS

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:09 GMT

Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Once the dust from the unnecessary debate over who leaked the Liberhan Commission's findings settles down, the country will be in a better position to reflect upon the political consequences of the enquiry report on one of independent India's most sinister mass crimes: the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Though it is not yet clear whether Mr. Liberhan has fixed criminal or merely political responsibility on top Bharatiya Janata party leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, the commission report seems to have concluded that the demolition was no act of spontaneous vandalism but a...

Babri Masjid demolition neither spontaneous nor unplanned: Liberhan

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35 GMT

Babri Masjid demolition took place on Dec 6, 1992 New Delhi: Negating the theory handed out by Hindu groups that the Babri Masjid demolition was mob-driven, the Liberhan Commission has said it has been "established beyond doubt" that the events of Dec 6, 1992, in Ayodhya were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned". The commission, whose report on the demolition was tabled today in parliament,...

Icon Sangh needs to beat terror ghost

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:54 GMT

Lucknow, June 2: Trust the BJP to let down its ideological mentor, the RSS, when the latter could do with a bit of help. History is replete with examples to show that whenever the RSS needed to give traction to its popular support, it had to hunt for symbols and totems outside the parivar. Its own political progeny — which rarely passes up a chance to flaunt its galaxy of 'leaders' — could never provide one. Except L.K. Advani, who became the face of the Ram temple 'crusade' and that too by a constellation of circumstances that left him as the sole charioteer of the Ram rath after the other three picked by the Sangh to navigate the yatra from different...

We own Ayodhya movement, but not going to apologise: RSS

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:17 GMT

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the mother organization of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday owned the Ayodhya movement but refused to apologise about what happened in Ayodhya in 1992 which led to demolition of the Babri mosque. "We fully own up the movement. We mobilize people. ...

Shrinking number of shakhas, young pracharaks major concern for RSS in UP

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:39 GMT

A serious fall in the number of shakhas and young pracharaks in the largest state has brought RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to the seven-day tour of Uttar Pradesh. During his visit, Bhagwat is meeting senior Sangh activists in various parts of the state and discussing with...

Babri Masjid demolition anniversary marked

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:02 GMT

Ayodhya: With fresh focus on the Babri Masjid issue in the wake of the Liberhan Commission's findings, the 17th anniversary of the demolition was observed on Sunday amid tight security in Ayodhya and other places in the country. Under categoric directions from the Union Home Ministry, Uttar Pradesh and other state governments beefed up security and Ayodhya-Faizabad area was converted into a virtual fortress. While the VHP...

RSS shorts won't be held up by leather belts

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:06 GMT

NAGPUR: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar with a few friends in 1925 may have today metamorphosed into the world's largest ideological outfit but the 'ganvesh' (uniform) that forms an essential part of organization's pride has not changed much. Starting this summer, the RSS will effect only the third major change in it by giving up the natural leather belt for a synthetic one. For all the 85...

Anniversary of Babri demolition marked amid tight security

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:49 GMT

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (PTI): With fresh focus on the Babri Masjid issue in the wake of the Liberhan Commission's findings, the 17th anniversary of the demolition was observed on Sunday amid tight security in Ayodhya and other places in the country. Under categoric directions from the Union Home Ministry, Uttar Pradesh and other state governments beefed up security and Ayodhya-Faizabad area was converted into a virtual fortress. While the VHP observed the day as "Shourya Diwas...

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RSS Chief to protest terror tag on Sangh

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:41 GMT

Special Correspondent RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat...

BJP, Cong trade charges over Liberhan report

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:29 GMT

The MS Liberhan Committee report to investigate into the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, was tabled along with the Action Taken Report (ATR) on Tuesday in Parliament. There was furore over the mention of former prime minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a culpable party to the demolition of the Babri Masjid structure. CNN-IBN debated the issue...

Shortcut to Hindu Rashtra

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:32 GMT

Militant route to Hindu Rashtra Frustrated by the dilution of hardcore Hindutva ideology, fringe groups in the Sangh Parivar turn to militancy. Pravin Togadia, The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's international general secretary. Hard-line Hindutva positions of leaders like him have encouraged the adventurism of those like Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Shrikant Purohit. THE recent revelations about Hindutva terror strikes in various parts of the country have added a new dimension to the political and organisationalcrisis faced currently by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)-led Sangh Parivar. A senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader with a penchant for flaunting Marxian terminology in his...

DIARY

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:18 GMT

Family troubles The ghar ki bahu has stepped out to defend the seat vacated by the son, but the father-in-law is still a worried man. Mulayam Singh's daughter-in-law, Dimple Yadav, is contesting from Ferozabad, which was earlier held by Akhilesh Yadav, but netaji isn't quite sure that it will be a cakewalk for Dimple. For the simple reason that Dimple's opponents include men who were once 'family' as well. There is Raj Babbar, who had joined the Samajwadi Party in its early days and was close to Mulayam till Amar Singh came along to disturb their brotherly ties. Behenji has fielded another former SP leader, Devender Singh Baghel, and the duo is apparently taking great pleasure in spilling...

Muslim forum welcomes tabling of Liberhan report

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:16 GMT

Lucknow, Nov 25 (ANI): The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), a Muslim forum that opposes the construction of the Ram temple at the spot of the demolished Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has welcomed the tabling of the Liberhan Commission Report. Talking to reporters here on...

‘Vajpayee, Advani brought India to brink of communal discord’

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21 GMT

Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: The Liberhan Commission has indicted BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani and the Sangh Parivar for the Babri Masjid demolition and held them culpable for leading the country "to the brink of communal discord". The Liberhan report, which was tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday, has indicted 68 persons in all and found them culpable for communal discord. Apart from former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Deputy, the others indicted include: 1. Acharya Dharmendra Dev (Member, Dharam Sansad) 2. Acharya Giriraj Kishore (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad) 3. A K Saran (IG. Security) 4. Akhilesh Mehrotra (Additional Superintendent of Police, Faizabad) 5....

BJP dismisses Liberhan report; Congress blames RSS

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:31 GMT

BJP dismisses Liberhan report; Congress blames RSS New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday termed the Liberhan Commission report “perverse, baseless and ill-founded”, while the Congress blamed its political opponents for playing “divisive politics” and accused them of making false promises to protect the Babri mosque. At the end of the acrimonious two-day debate on the Liberhan report, marked by repeated adjournments, the BJP contended the temple movement in the run-up to the demolition of the Babri mosque was a “spontaneous popular upsurge” and not a ”premeditated conspiracy”. The Congress, on the other hand, said that the BJP had acted in concert with the Rashtriya...

Indicting Vajpayee 'outrightly illegal': Liberhan ex-counsel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15 GMT

Chandigarh: A former counsel to the Liberhan Commission today alleged that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque demolition was "outrightly illegal". Hours after the Liberhan panel report was placed in parliament, Anupam Gupta said this had been done "deliberately" to shift the focus away from Bharatiya Janata...

'Expedite Babri cases pending in courts'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:41 GMT

Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: With the Liberhan Commission and the action taken report (ATR) tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the All-India Babri Masjid Action Committee (AIBMAC) has demanded that the Babri cases pending in the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court and the Special CBI Court in Rae Bareli and Lucknow be expedited. Zafaryab Jilani, convenor of the AIBMAC, said the Centre should approach the Supreme Court or the High Court for expediting the cases. "The move should be made soon by the Government by giving an...

BJP in a bind over impending Ayodhya verdict

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:55 GMT

Neena Vyas Party leaders from U.P. meet at Gadkari's residence...

Vajpayee, Advani indicted in Liberhan report

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00 GMT

Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: The Liberhan Commission has indicted BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani and the Sangh Parivar for the Babri Masjid demolition and held them culpable for leading the country "to the brink of communal discord". The Commission slammed the BJP leaders for their "sins of commission and omission" and accused them of "physical, ideological and intellectual responsibility" for the act. It also attacked the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh saying the destruction of the disputed structure was carried out in a "duplicitous and underhanded manner" not worthy of a democratically-elected government. The Liberhan Commission report, which was tabled in...

Two BJP men, so alike and so different

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:36 GMT

Vidya Subrahmaniam The Liberhan Commission provides an opportunity to make a more honest and less black-and-white evaluation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani....

RSS chief meets Vajpayee

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:49 GMT

NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday met former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vaypayee to...

"Non-event" to orchestrated movement

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:36 GMT

Vidya Subrahmaniam Buried in the Liberhan report is the story of how a local dispute became a blot on the nation's conscience....

Muslims seek action against those responsible for Babri mosque demolition

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:12 GMT

Lucknow, Dec 4 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Khalid Rasheed has said that Muslims would shortly petition the government seeking action against those responsible for the demolition of Babri mosque. Talking to reporters here on...

Time to build a temple, forget past acrimony: RSS

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:43 GMT

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Thursday, September 30, 2010 --> The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) said Thursday's judicial ruling was a green signal to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and asked all Indians to forget the past bitterness....

Security geared up for Babri Masjid demolition anniversary in Lucknow

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:47 GMT

Lucknow: Security has been geared up on the eve of the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid and authorities have banned observance of the day by political parties through different functions to avert any law and order problem. While VHP has decided to observe the day as "Shourya Diwas (valour day)", Samajwadi Party has planned "Kala Diwas (black day)". All India Babri Masjid Action Committee has decided to organise special prayers for peace and harmony. Additional...

Kalyan may float a new party, again

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:56 GMT

Kajari Bhattacharya LUCKNOW, 4 DEC: There’s one thing Mr Kalyan Singh hasn’t changed his mind about more than once ~ his allegiance to the Hindutva ideology. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and a man the Liberhan Committee puts most of the blame on for the Babari Masjid demolition, seems ready, yet again, to form his own party. Dumped by the Samajwadi Party just days before the Liberhan Committee report was tabled in Parliament, and finding him self friendless, Mr Singh...

Bid to invite Muslim youths aboard: RSS

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:13 GMT

Thursday, 16 June 2011 Print Email Pdf Lucknow, June 16: The Sangh Parivar believes in catching them young. The proposed Awadh Prant Sankalp Shivir a three-day indoctrination camp to be held in September, 2011 would target college students in Lucknow and surrounding 12 districts. The preparations for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) camp start today. Ostensibly, the idea is to "tap and harness the positive energy of youth" but, given the presence of RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, the camp is...

Parliament debate on Liberhan report to be stormy

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:52 GMT

New Delhi: The debate on Liberhan Committee report on Babri Masjid demolition will begin in Parliament on Monday. The two-day debate in the Lok Sabha begins just a day after nation observed the 17th anniversary of Babri Majid being demolished. All the major political parties are expected to put up their brightest and the...

Parliament debate on Liberhan report expected to be stormy

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:57 GMT

New Delhi: The debate on Liberhan Committee report on Babri Masjid demolition will begin in Parliament on Monday. The two-day debate in the Lok Sabha begins just a day after nation observed the 17th anniversary of Babri Majid being demolished. All the major political parties are expected to put up their brightest and the...

Cannot trust BJP, VHP, RSS on Ayodhya: Digvijay

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:26 GMT

New Delhi, September 20: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Monday said he cannot trust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on the Ayodhya dispute as "they could do anything". He said the Congress made a mistake in 1992...

RSS meeting begins on a quiet note in Rajgir

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:11 GMT

Shoumojit Banerjee Several senior functionaries of the VHP and the BJP are also taking part in the three-day event...

No violence, but Ram temple will be built: RSS chief

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:22 GMT

New Delhi, September 15: Sheela Bhatt meets Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha chief Mohan Bhagwat at a media interaction in New Delhi. She says that while he was rigid on his stand on the Ayodhya issue, he impressed with his simplicity and clarity of thought. "Hindu society in India wants to see a Ram temple in Ayodhya. I can give you my response to the court's judgement only after September 24. There is legal option available too. It will all depend on the judgement. But, our response will be within the limits of law and constitution. It will be in a democratic way. We will be striving to see that there will be a grand Ram temple on that site," said Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya...

A significant step, says BJP

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:20 GMT

Neena Vyas RSS urges Muslims to give up their share of the area...

After meeting RSS chief, Advani hints he may not be PM candidate

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:39 GMT

Indicating that he may not be in the race to become the party's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general elections, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani today said the Sangh Parivar, his party and fellow workers had given him "much more" than what the top post holds. "I would only say that I first became a swayamsewak (of the RSS), then a member of the Jan Sangh and then the BJP. I feel that what I have got from these organisations, from my fellow workers and what the...

New president, new charter?

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:54 GMT

Nagpur: Sweeping changes beckon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as 52-year-old Nitin Jairam Gadkari takes over amidst daunting challenges. After having pitch-forked a young face on the Parivar's political front, the RSS now wants the BJP to adopt a new constitution -- one that bifurcates the organisational and parliamentary streams, with the former wresting full control of the latter. The Sangh wants that the organisational common should be supreme but should not contest elections. On Sunday afternoon, after his arrival in...

Vajpayee's name was not in conspiracy list, says Khursheed

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:20 GMT

Aarti Dhar & Anita Joshua A.B. Vajpayee...

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Muslim body seeks justice over Babri mosque demolition

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:40 GMT

Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought action against those responsible for the demolition of Babri mosque. Addressing reporters here on Sunday, Maulana Abdul Rahim Quraishi, spokesman of the AIMPLB, welcomed the findings of Liberhan Commission report that probed the...

MINU Indicting Vajpayee 'outrightly illegal': former Liberhan counsel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35 GMT

Chandigarh: The former counsel to the Liberhan Commission alleged today that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri...

Sangh Parivar to discuss Ayodhya, Kashmir at Jalgaon

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:33 GMT

Neena Vyas NEW DELHI: By this month-end, the brass of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and representatives of all its affiliates, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, will meet at Jalgaon in Maharashtra to discuss the Sangh Parivar's strategy on key issues such as Ayodhya and Kashmir. The RSS is expected to announce a public contact programme on Ayodhya that will be "along the lines indicated by the Sarsanghchalak [the chief] who spoke about...

Besides Sangh, Rao to blame for Babri, he paid price: PC

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:41 GMT

Age Correspondent New Delhi Dec. 8: Union home minister P. Chidambaram, who blamed the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the BJP and other Sangh outfits for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, also pointed a finger at then Congress Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. The home minister said both the Congress and then PM Narasimha Rao paid the price for a "wrong political judgment" in believing then UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, who submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court on December 5, 1992 stating that his government would protect the disputed structure. Replying to the two-day debate on the...

RSS-Congress activists clash in Lucknow

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:34 GMT

Lucknow, November 12: Congress and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activists came to blows here late Friday evening, police said. The clash erupted in the Model House area, where Congress activists assembled in front of Keshav Bhawan, an RSS...

Liberhan report gives Advani chance to bounce back

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:29 GMT

New Delhi: Political activity is on a high with the tabling of the MS Liberhan Committee report that investigated the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. The report has indicts the entire Bharatiya Janata Party leadership along with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. So how could this...

First ever RSS executive comittee meet from Oct 9 in Bihar

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:06 GMT

PATNA: A three-day executive committee meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) would be held from October 9 in Bihar's Rajgir, the first ever such RSS meeting to be held in the state. Talking to reporters here, RSS media...

Cracks in Hindutva brotherhood

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:08 GMT

Vidya Subrahmaniam The Shiv Sena and the MNS are ideological partners of the RSS parivar, both believe in the notion of the 'other.' Yet the parivar is opposing them today because of its own political compulsions....

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