Articles tagged under: VHP

Hindu organizations give bandh call in Prantij over death in clash

February 15, 2024

Prantij: Hindu organizations have called a day-long strike protesting the killing of a person in a group clash in Prantij town of Sabarkantha district today. In a group clash in Khodiyar kuva and Maadh areas of Prantij, street lights went off and stone pelting occurred. A person named Rajubhai Rathod was killed due to head injury. He was attacked with a steel pipe during the clash. Three persons were injured in this incident of violence. Police have filed complaint against a mob of 30 per...Read More

VHP Gujarat holds ‘Akshat Kalash Yatra’ ahead of Ram Mandir consecration

November 08, 2023
VHP Gujarat holds ‘Akshat Kalash Yatra’ ahead of Ram Mandir consecration

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) organized 'Akshat Kalash' Yatra in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on Tuesday as part of the preparations for the consecration of the Ram Temple in January next year. VHP is carrying these sacred 'kalash' from Ayodhya to various parts of the country. 'Akshat Kalash' Yatra in Gujarat started from the Jagannath temple in Jamalpur and proceeded to the VHP office near Mahalaxmi Crossroads. A similar event was also held at the Bharat Mata Mand...Read More

We stand with policemen and their families: VHP reacts to HC judgement on Undhela caning

October 19, 2023
We stand with policemen and their families: VHP reacts to HC judgement on Undhela caning

Gandhinagar: Vishwa Hindu Parishad under the #isupportpolice on Thursday stated that it stands with four police men who are given 14-day jail term by the Gujarat High Court today for publicly beating up the accused who pelted stones over Navratri garba event of Hindus. The Gujarat High Court has today given 14-day jail term to four policemen who beaten up in public the persons accused of stone pelting over Hindu garba event, video of which had gone viral. As the convicted police men urged for...Read More

Ahmedshah was attacker, looter, Gujarat’s main city’s name after him doesn’t look good, restore Karnavati: VHP

October 09, 2023
Ahmedshah was attacker, looter, Gujarat’s main city’s name after him doesn’t look good, restore Karnavati: VHP

Sabarmati: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has once again voiced a demand to restore the original name of the city of Ahmedabad which was Karnavati. VHP's national join general secretary Surendra Jain while speaking at a Shaurya Yatra event in the city today said, 'Invaders can't be the identity of Gujarat. Ahmedshah was an attacker, a looter and therefore it is not proper to have the name of Gujarat's main city after him. It is not good and neither does it give a good message.' He further ad...Read More

Sanatani – Swaminarayan sadhus, VHP meet at Shivanand Ashram

September 04, 2023
Sanatani  – Swaminarayan sadhus, VHP meet at Shivanand Ashram

Ahmedabad: A meeting between Swaminarayan sadhus and Sanatani sadhus was held at Shivanand Ashram in the city. It was participated by SGVP's Bal Agam sami, Swaminarayan sect's Purushottamcharan Shastri, Sanatani Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj, Parmatmanandji Maharaj, Shivanand Ashram's Trustee Jitubhai Chauhan, Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Ashok Rawal, Ashwin Patel among others. The meeting discussed the rift between Sanatani and Swaminarayan saints arising out of distortion of Hindu faith and Gods in Swa...Read More

Attempts underway, solution soon on Salangpur Hanuman issue: Vishwa Hindu Parishad

September 02, 2023
Attempts underway, solution soon on Salangpur Hanuman issue: Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Gandhinagar: Vishwa Hindu Parishad which functions under Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has today in a statement stated that the attempts to arrive at compromise in Salangpur Hanuman issue are underway and the solution will arrive soon. VHP's statement shows that it is very worried about divisions among Hindus (Vadtal Swaminarayan sect vs others) over this issue. VHP has said that it believes in unifying various beliefs and opinions prevailing within Hindu faith. VHP further stated that H...Read More

VHP seeks action against illegal Bangladeshi, Rohingya in Mansa

August 23, 2023
VHP seeks action against illegal Bangladeshi, Rohingya in Mansa

Mansa: A group of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) office bearers and cadres handed over a memorandum to Mansa taluka Mamlatdar demanding action against the Bangladeshi and Rohingya intruders illegally living in Itadra and Ridrol villages in Mansa taluka. VHP alleged that several Bangladeshis and Rohingya live illegally by managing government documents in Itadra and Ridrol. VHP further alleged that several Bangladeshis and Rohingya live in Itadra, and they have also illegally obtained ration cards, ...Read More

Pastor reads Bible to mark Guru Purnima in govt primary school in Tapi; VHP protests

July 08, 2023
Pastor reads Bible to mark Guru Purnima in govt primary school in Tapi; VHP protests

Tapi: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) protested over the reading of the Bible message by a pastor in a primary school on Guru Purnima in Kukdadungri village in Songadh in Tapi district. A Guru Pujan program took place on 3rd July at a government primary school in Kukdadungri, Songadh taluka, in Tapi district. During the program, Pastor Panchyabhai Gamit was also present and read a message from the Bible. The Tapi district VHP condemned the incident, alleging religious conversion of the students. ...Read More

VHP and Bajrang Dal bust drug racket in Ahmedabad

June 29, 2023
VHP and Bajrang Dal bust drug racket in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal busted a drug racket in a hotel in the Nehrunagar area of the city here during a check conducted for love jihad. Ahmedabad VHP spokesperson, Hitendrasinh Rajput, received a call informing him that a Muslim man was in a hotel in Nehrunagar with a Hindu female. VHP members, along with Bajrang Dal North Gujarat president Jvalit Mehta, went to the hotel for inspection. Upon arrival, they found a female and a man at the hotel. The female appea...Read More

VHP warns hotels against giving rooms to Non-Hindu youth accompanied by Hindu girls

June 27, 2023
VHP warns hotels against giving rooms to Non-Hindu youth accompanied by Hindu girls

Ahmedabad: In a measure to prevent instances of "love jihad," the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has issued a warning to hotels and guesthouses, instructing them not to provide rooms to non-Hindu youth accompanied by Hindu girls. In a tweet, the VHP Gujarat spokesperson, Hitendrasinh Rajput, tagged several hotel associations, stating that hotel owners should refrain from allocating rooms to non-Hindu youth accompanying Hindu girls. He further mentioned that hotel or guesthouse owners involved in...Read More