With the controversial issue of conversion or “Ghar Vapasi” ranking high in its agenda, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is scheduled to hold a “Viraat Hindu Sammelan” in Mumbai on Sunday to commemorate 50 years of its existence. The outfit was formed in Mumbai in 1964.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath, RSS joint secretary Dattatreya Hosbale, VHP leaders Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia and other prominent Hindu leaders will address the event.
The VHP expects around 1 lakh people to turn up for the Sammelan.
Vyankatesh Abdeo, senior VHP functionary, told The Hindu that the event was being held with the “full support” of the Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh and the BJP, which holds power in Maharashtra. “The cadre (RSS and BJP) are fully involved with the preparations of the event,” he said.
Besides raising the pitch for bringing back Muslims and Christians into the Hindu fold or “paravartan” as the VHP calls it, the event will also have discussions on the Ram Mandir, “Love Jihad” and anti-cow slaughter law.
The Hindu right-wing outfit, which has intensified its activities since the BJP came to power at the Centre, has also called on the Devendra Fadnavis Government to ban the use of loudspeakers in Mosques across Maharashtra.
The outfit claims that the azaan (call of prayer) from Mosques causes noise pollution. The VHP has also demanded that the management of the four major temples in Maharashtra — Siddhi Vinayak Temple (Mumbai), Sai Baba tempe (Shirdi), Vitthal Mandir (Pandharpur) and the Tulja Bhavani Mandir — should be handed over to Hindu trusts and the donations earned through them be spent “only for the welfare of Hindus.”
As part of its golden jubilee year, the outfit also plans to organise campaigns against television shows and beauty contests to protest against “vulgarity” and what they feel is the “denigration” of women.
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