Friday, January 31, 2014

Gunmen kill Hindu temple guard in Peshawar

January 31, 2014 
Magh Shuklapaksha 1, Kaliyug Varsha 5115
 
Peshawar (Pakistan) : Two gunmen in Peshawar shot dead a policeman standing guard outside a Hindu temple on Sunday, officials said, later fleeing the scene on a motorcycle.
The attack, which occurred in the downtown Jhanda Bazar area, was the latest target connected to Pakistan’s minorities who make up some two percent of the country’s population of 180 million.
“It appears to be a militant attack. The gunmen killed the lone policeman on duty outside the Hindu temple and then escaped,” Faisal Mukhtar, a senior police official, told AFP.
Hindus are thought to number a few thousand in Peshawar, Pakistan’s frontline city in its battle against Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, though the community is rarely targeted.
In November last year, a policeman standing guard outside a Pentecostal church in Peshawar was also shot dead by unknown gunmen.
In September, devastating double suicide attacks at the historic All Saints church in the main city area of Peshawar left 82 people dead.
Pakistan is rife with violence against religious minorities as Al-Qaeda and Taliban-led militants regularly target Christian, Sikhs, Hindus, Ahmadi and Shiite communities in the country.
Source : Tribune

Islamic extremist ideology - SIMI the fountainhead

January 31, 2014 
Magh Shuklapaksha 1, Kaliyug Varsha 5115
 

The First National Investigation Day and First Shri Radha Vinod Raju Memorial Lecture by M K Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal :

Topic: National Security - The Expanding Terrorist Dynamic

The subject of my Lecture today will be ‘National Security: The Expanding Terrorist Dynamic.’ I have taken the liberty of changing the title of the Lecture from Dimension’ to ‘Dynamic’ given the rapidly evolving nature of terrorism”. Terrorism today is ‘dynamic’ rather than static’, and hence I felt that ‘dynamic’ is more appropriate to describe the phenomenon than ‘dimension.’
The NIA was set up for the reason that existing Agencies were not adequately equipped to investigate such a rapidly changing entity as Organized terrorism or its evolving mutant – leaderless or individual jihad. NIA was constituted by an Act of Parliament, and created as a specialized investigative agency, specifically mandated to investigate and prosecute offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India.
The NIA can only investigate and prosecute offences mentioned in the Schedule of the Act. It has statutory sanction to provide, as well as seek, assistance from intelligence and investigative agencies of the Central and State Governments. It is also the nodal agency for analyzing information pertaining to terror funding and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). The mandate or charter of the NIA is, thus, vast but clearly focused on certain specific areas.
As the National Security Advisor when the NIA was set up, I was privy to the discussions and deliberations that led to the establishment of the NIA. Constituted in the aftermath of the November 26 2008 terrorist attacks on multiple targets in Mumbai, the NIA is primarily intended to investigate important interstate and intrastate terrorist crimes. The NIA, hence, fulfils a need keenly felt since 2005 (and even earlier), for a specialized investigative agency to handle terrorist offences. 26/1112008 acted as a catalyst in hastening the process.
Notwithstanding the initial problems it faced, such as lack of manpower and
infrastructure, the NIA already has quite a few achievements to its credit. These 2 include: the detection of the Delhi High Court blasts case; detection of the Hyderabad twin blasts working out the Bodh Gaya and Patna blast cases as also the Kozhikode bomb blast case; reworking the Malegaon Bomb Cases; effecting the arrests of UNLF Chairman R. K. Meghan and NSCN’s Anthony Shimray, etc. My congratulations to the NIA for these successes, and also for other instances. which I am referring to here.

The Regional Security Environment:

It is because the NIA was created to deal with a special contingency, viz., investigating terrorist offences, that I have consciously chosen Terrorism as the subject of my talk today, I propose in the course of my Lecture to highlight its expanding dynamic, thus making the NIA still more relevant as time passes. The choice of Terrorism as the subject of my lecture today is also dictated by the deteriorating security environment in our immediate and extended neighborhood, which directly impacts our security.
Contrary to what many security and strategic analysts in the West profess, Terrorism remains a grave threat to the civilized world. The so-called demise of Al-Qaeda, is an unfounded myth. The reality is that global terrorism is expanding rapidly, specially in Asia including Russia, and parts of North Africa. Today, terrorism poses the gravest challenge ever, and of a kind that has never been seen previously.
The perceived wisdom today is that the economic pendulum has shifted from the West to the East. What is less often articulated is that the focus of terrorism – apart from its intensity – also has shifted eastwards, essentially towards West, Central, South and South East Asia. This is unfortunately happening at a time when Asian economies are poised for growth. It is a resurgence of fundamentalist extremist and radicalist tendencies, which_’ are aggravating fault lines in many Asian societies. The patterns of conflict vary. For instance, countries to India’s West like Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, arc wrestling with problems that involve hardline Islamist groups. To India’s East, Bangladesh faces a similar problem. In other parts of South, South East and East Asia, such as Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and further East, Indonesia and Thailand, there are new patterns of conflict emerging involving religion, ethnicity and politics.
Given India’s location, it is easy to see how the threat posed by terrorism – most of which emanates from outside the country’s borders is dependent on what prevail Is in our volatile and difficult neighborhood. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, a combination of State weakness, and the presence of myriad terrorist groups in both countries, constitutes a direct threat. Taliban extremism in both countries shows no signs of muting itself Surrender to extremist forces like the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s willingness to hold unconditional talks with the Taliban, thus have the gravest consequences for us.
What is particularly worrying is that Pakistan shows no inclination to desist from pursuing ‘high risk’ strategies. It appears determined to support Jihadist elements as a strategic instrumentality to keep India off balance. Pakistan’s newly revealed Army doctrine even stipulates “disproportionate responses” in future wars with India -_ implying a willingness to take recourse to the nuclear option in the event of India taking any counter measures against terror attacks like the Mumbai attack. We, hence, have to be prepared for more attacks of this kind.

Refinements in terrorist methodology

It would, therefore, be a grievous error if a decline in the number of terrorist ‘-incidents across India in the past two years, is touted as evidence of terrorism being effectively checked. A similar decline IS in certain theatres of persistent violence, such as J&K and the North East, but there is a significant difference between the two situations.
Terrorist attacks, mainly by Pakistan-based terrorist outfits belong to a totally different genre. This is inherent in the nature of asymmetric warfare. Today, terrorism has mutated into a global franchise. The splintering of terrorist organizations such as the Al-Qaeda has actually spawned a whole new breed of terrorist organizations. Some are even more deadly than the Al-Qaeda and its earlier affiliates.
Several of the newer terrorist outfits are experimenting with hitherto unknown methods and techniques. Some of those, which have emerged, rival the Al-Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba in their capacity to unleash violence. I might here mention just a few, viz., The Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM), the AI-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Al-Qaeda in Iraq (since renamed as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Boko Haram, Al Shabab and the Harkat-ul-Jamat-e-Islami (IHJJI). The Indian Mujahideen mentored by the LeT is just one step behind these groups.
What is common among the groups is their reliance on advanced technology, which has made a critical difference to their lethal and destructive capabilities. Each of the organizations place a premium on technology acquisition, and seeks  ways and means to fabricate more sophisticated triggering devices and extend at which explosives could be detonated. Some among them are also engaged in a search for acquiring a nuclear device.
With increasing numbers of non-State actors and mercenaries joining terrorist ranks, many of who possess special skills and techniques, terrorist outfits have also become the foremost exploiters of digital networks. They make extensive use of microcomputers and of cyber warfare techniques. Added to this, are the growing numbers of terrorist franchises, with the result that even smaller terrorist outfits are able to benefit from common operating procedures and cross cultural compatibilities.
Here are quite a few instances in India itself of terror outfits like the Indian Mujahideen benefitting from the ‘revolutionary philanthropy’ of the larger terrorist organizations – who provide them with arms, material and logistics to carryout attacks. Counter terrorism experts point out that terrorist outfits today are experimenting with ‘micro-terrorism’ — which involves low cost operations such as bombs placed in vehicles and planes — and ‘syndicated terrorism’ where disparate terrorist outfits share resources, information, and logistics to carry out coordinated attacks.
All this adds to the problem of securing pin pointed and accurate intelligence regarding a potential terrorist attack At another level, it means that warning times – even where intelligence is available – are getting reduced. Decision cycles are also getting compressed. Consequently, at a time when vulnerabilities are increasing, systemic risks and uncertainties have become greater.

Terrorism in India

Coming to terrorism in India, the nature of terrorist attacks varies. They are a reflection of the different facets of terrorism that are present on our soil.
An overwhelming number of terrorist incidents in our country have been the handiwork of Pakistan based terrorist outfits. These attacks have been mainly orchestrated by the LeT and the JeM and their acolytes, including the Bangladesh based HuJI. The Indian Mujahideen a creation of the LeT following the Gujarat riots in 2002 has been increasingly involved in terrorist incidents since 2005.
There are in addition, quite a few indigenous Islamist militant outfits – many, if not all, aligned with SIMI who have carried out terror attacks, particularly in the Southern States.
The first decade of the 21st Century witnessed several terrorist incidents in the country. An overwhelming number of the attacks were perpetrated by the LeT, individually or in coordination and collaboration with the JeM, the HuJI and the IM.
Perhaps the most audacious attempt was the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and the most serious was the terrorist attack on multiple targets in Mumbai city in November 2008.
Between 2001 and 2008, a series of major attacks occurred – during 2002 on the American Centre in Kolkata and on Akshardham, Gandhinagar; the Delhi Serial Blasts in 2005: the explosions at the Sankatmochan Temple in UP and the serial train blasts on the Mumbai suburban train system in 2006; and the near 7
simultaneous blasts in Court complexes in Lucknow Varanasi and Faisabad in 2007. 2008 witnessed number of high profile terrorist attacks including those in Rampur (UP), in Jaipur (Rajasthan), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and in Delhi prior to Mumbai.
The November 26 terrorist attack in Mumbai was significantly different from everything that had gone before it. 170 persons were killed, including 39 security personnel, and over 300 were injured.
Experts rate the attack as signifying a new era in terrorist attacks, reflecting both sophistication in the form of state-of-the-art communications using VOIP, use of a third country address, employment of GPS and reliance in the final stages on past methodologies, including use of firearms like AK 47 rifles and grenades. Most significant was the adoption of a training regimen imparted by Pakistan Special Forces and use of the sea route aimed at deception and to avoid detection.
More unusual was the use of an US national, David Hadley, who had been
recruited as an agent of the LeT to carry out a detailed recee of designated targets in Murnbai for attack.
The 26/11 attacks was entirely a LeT operation, backed by the Inter Service Intelligence of Pakistan. Actual monitoring and control was done by semi functionaries of the LeT, including Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, Abu Hamza, Yusuf alias Muzammil, working under instructions from LeT chief Sajid Mir. Mir is an acolyte of the LeT chief: Hafiz Saeed, who is himself a fervent believer in the doctrines and ideology of the Palestinian Islamist, Abdulla Azam.
2011 witnessed the triple bombing in Mumbai killing 27 people, and a
The year 2010 witnessed attacks on the German Bakerv in Pune, which killed powerful bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court in September which killed 12 people; in 2013 four major terrorist incidents occurred in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya and Patna.
The LeT network has been operational in India for nearly two decades. The LeT is one of the earliest affiliates of the Al-Qaeda network. Apart from India and Asia, the LeT operates in more than a score of countries across the globe, including in North America, Australia, Europe and Africa.
Most important among a dozen or more LeT controlled networks across India is the Indian Mujahideen. The IM consists mainly of disaffected Muslim youth,induced to come to Karachi (Pakistan) and then sent for training to the Pak-Afghan border or PoK. The Karachi Project, as this is known, has spawned quite a fewmodules dotted across different parts of the country’s landscape, which have which carried out a string of successful terrorist attacks.
A feature of IM attacks is the choice of ‘soft targets’ such as mass transportation systems, crowded markets, Court houses, and wherever people congregate in large numbers. More recently, Jewish institutions and foreign nationals have been added to this list of targets. Most of the attacks between 2010 and 2013 have been attributed to the IM though some like the German Bakery attack, were possibly in collaboration with the LeT.
Both the LeT and the IM networks remain active, despite claims to the contrary. It would be a mistake to believe otherwise. On the other hand, given the new terrorist dynamic, one should envisage the possibility of both the intensity and the number of attacks being stepped up in the period ahead. The likelihood of possible ‘suicide missions’ also needs to be factored into future calculations.
It is both worthwhile and relevant here to look at the additional support apparently exists for terrorist outfits in India. The role of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is particularly significant in this respect. Currently banned, SIMI is seen as one of the fountainheads of Islamic extremist ideology in the country. It is now established that it often acts as an ideological mentor to cadres of the Indian Mujahideen, the Jam-Iyyathul-Ansar-ul- Muslimeen and Hizb-ut-Tehrir, all of whom are firm believers in jihad and the necessity of engaging in militant activities to achieve their ends. While the IM has carried out a series of attacks across the country the JIAM has carried out a series of terrorist attacks in Kerala and beyond.
The IM module led by Riyaz Bhatkal responsible for the serial blasts in Bangalore in July 2008, is a conspicuous example of the nexus that exists between the IM and above mentioned extremist outfits. acting under the overall guidance of the LeT. Complicating this situation is the complex web of internecine links between these organizations, and some of the other radical Muslim fronts that profess to be political in nature.
Separating terrorist outfits from bodies that profess to be political in character is indeed a major challenge. Intelligence reports do report the existence of links of some members of these bodies with the LeT, but confirmation of their involvement in terrorist actions has not been forthcoming. The Police in concerned States are convinced that ‘fringe members’ of these various organisations do act as conveyor belts and collaborators. Consequently, the ambit of terrorist activities in the country is steadily becoming enlarged, rather than diminishing.

Terrorism’s Expanding Dynamic:

India cannot also afford to ignore the extraordinary comeback of the several Al-Qaeda affil some old, some new across parts of Asia and Africa, and including Russia. Premature rejoicing about the demise of syndicated terrorism following the killing of Osama bin Laden, the perceived setbacks to outfits like the AQAP, Al-Shabab, and the advent of the Arab Spring have proved to be misplaced. Events over the past several months tell a different story, and there are lessons in this for us in India, both terms of terrorist ideology and tactics.
Perhaps for the first time in the history of terrorism worldwide, terrorist networks are currently seeking to hold territory rather than merely attack high profile and soft targets. It is estimated that terrorist networks worldwide today hold more territory than at any time in recent history. Also, the flood of new recruits to terrorist networks worldwide is perhaps the highest ever.
A conspicuous example of Terrorism’s inherent strength, and capacity for renewal, was the closure of several US Embassies in West Asia late last year based on a potential threat of a terrorist attack from the AI-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. This was no panic reaction, but based on evidence that the AQAP had the capacity and the ability to franchise attacks on Western targets across the region.
Two ~ possibly three – terror attacks in quick succession recently, including a suicide bomb attack at a Railway Station in V Volgograd killing 17 and a second one in a bus also in Volgograd killing 14 persons, reveal that capacity and geographic range are no impediments for terrorists today. The attacks on son targets ~ a few weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and carried out far from the 11 usual locales like Chechnya and Dagestan – confirm this. In the backdrop of the over 2000 attacks and violent incidents in Russia – including more than 50 suicide attacks after the so-called Caucasian Caliphate came into existence some years back, it reflects the increasing spread and the kind of recruits available to terrorist outfits today. Many more ethnic jehadis – many of them recent converts to Islam – are greatly enlarging the terrorist pool.
The so-called failure of the Arab Spring has also provided opportunities for ideological revival of the terrorist movement. The conflict in Libya and the Civil war in Syria has brought in both weapons and manpower, leading to an extraordinary revival of networks once viewed as having been decimated. New ideologies are being spread through the internet and jihadi websites, and are attracting a host of new followers. The revival of the idea of a new Caliphate on the lines of the Century Abbasid Caliphate is aggravating the situation. Major gains have been made in this respect in Syria, where terrorist control not only Mosul but several other pockets, and in Iraq where Al-Qaeda affiliates control parts of two of Iraq’s most important cities.
In the process, rivalries and acrimony between leaders and different terrorist outfits are being set aside. The new imperative is to try and infuse new strength into terrorist franchises. The result is that from Tunisia to Libya to Syria to Sudan, various Al-Qaeda affiliates are perhaps in their strongest position today than ever before. The emergence of a new crop of leaders like AI Baghdadi in Syria/Iraq, and the trend of identifying ethnic recruits from countries targeted, adds a new dimension to the terrorist threat we have our own experience of the Indian Mujahideen.
Strengthening of several of the Al-Qaeda affiliates, will further add to the sinews of regional jihadi groups in our neighborhood like the LeT, the JeM and the HuJI. Furthermore, it would enable them to find new sanctuaries in a rapidly changing West Asia, and in a future Afghanistan which may be more conciliatory and committed to, or include, the Taliban.
The emerging dynamic suggests that there are no clear and defined ground rules which dictate how, when and where a terrorist attack takes place. Consequently, complacency that a reduction in the number of terrorist incidents signifies that the threat from terrorism has been reduced would be a serious error.

Conclusion:

I, hence, believe that the principal focus of the NIA should be the proper investigation of terrorist incidents and crimes. Currently, much of the literature concerning terrorism concerns the study of behavior of both individuals and groups, and why some of them lean towards terrorism and terrorist violence. The conclusion drawn is that wide and rapid information dissemination on the Internet has helped cross pollination among those inclined to such acts of violence, and this was leading to a quantum increase in terrorist violence.
Consequently, counter terrorism methodology is in the main confined to identifying such groups, adopting text analysis techniques, data mining, and the like. Whatever be the success of these new methodologies, it has so far not been possible through these means, to predict the exact location and timing of a terrorist attack. Given the current capabilities of counter terrorism analysis, it can at best predict the type of attacks that terror groups could carry out.
It is vitally important, therefore, to develop investigative techniques that will LIS with far more detailed information, and thereby intelligence, about terrorist modules and the evolving changes in terrorist methodologies. The NIA has, hence, a very kev role to play, and they must concentrate on investigation rather than branch out into speculative analysis. The Director and the senior leadership of the NIA should not get deflected from investigation, despite the many distractions, that may come in their path. They need to be resolute to avoid such pitfalls.
I would also urge the Government to avoid the temptation to utilize the NIA, given its capabilities and enlarge the NIA’s ambit of investigation. There has, unfortunately, been a tendency on the part of the Government in the case of other Central Agencies, to employ them in areas that do not fall within their core tasks and responsibilities. I also hope that in dealing with terrorist crimes, expediency does not overtake the necessity to deal with terrorism as the gravest of grave crimes. The presence of the Home Minister encourages me to believe that this will not happen, but I do appeal to all concerned to recognize the danger posed to the State and the country from terrorism.
(NIA)
Source : Vicky Nanjappa

Invitation to attend the rally and meeting of “Visal Janajati Adhikara Samabesh” organised by “Vanvasi kalyan Ashram” on 02 Feb 2014 at 11am from Swadhinata Sangrami Bhawan to lower PMG.

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Invitation to attend the rally and meeting of “Visal Janajati Adhikara Samabesh” organised by “Vanvasi kalyan Ashram” on 02 Feb 2014 at 11am from Swadhinata Sangrami Bhawan to lower PMG.

 Dear Sir/Madam,
Vanvasi kalyan Ashram is going to organise a rally of Fifty Thousand Tribals, from all parts of the state to submit a memorandum to the Hon’ble Governer of ODISHA  for protection of their legitimate and constitutional rights, on 2nd Feb 2014.  The rally will start at 11am from swadhinata Sangrami Bhawan  and conclude at Lower PMG with a meeting at 1 pm. A  team of delegation on the leadership of All India Vice- President Sri Krupa prasad Singh will meet The Hon’able Governer to submit the memorandum.
Emient tribal leader and Ex-chairman ST&SA, Sri Dillip singh Bhuria will be the chief   guest. Other speakers includes Sri krupa prasad Singh, state president, sri Lachhaman Nayak , swami Pranarupananda saraswati and Laxman Mahipal, Chairman reception committee.  Sri Jagdish prasad Mishra , Working president will preside over the meeting.
Therefore, we are requesting you to send your media team along with photographers and cameramen to cover  the  said  events as  per  schedule.

PROGRAMME
  DATE                 TIME                 PLACE                          EVENT

02.02.14            11.00AM       Swadhinata Sangrami Rally.
                Bhawan to lower PMG
02.02.14            1.00PM             Lower PMG Meeting.      
Thanking you.
Yours Sincerely

                                                          Laxmikanta Das
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         Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Shankaracharya Nishchalanand Saraswati visits Sanatan Sanstha's exhibition at ‘Magh-Mela’

January 30, 2014 
Paush Krushnapaksha 13/14, Kaliyug Varsha 5115
 
Prayagraj : Shankaracharya Swami Nishchalanand Saraswati of Purvanmay Govardhan Peetha visited ‘Magh-Mela’ on 27th January at 11.00 a.m. He also visited exhibition put up by Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on the subject of nation and Dharma; along with his personal Secretary, Swami Nirvikalpanandji. Shankaracharya read boards kept on display in the exhibition. Swami Nirvikalpanandji paid personal attention to every seeker enquiring after them. Shankaracharya Swami Nishchalanand Saraswati ji also asked all seekers if they faced any problems.

Highlights

  1. Seekers setting up the exhibition and HJS activists were provided ‘Mahaprasad’ in the marquee of Shankaracharya. In the afternoon when seekers went there, Shankaracharya personally asked if everything was ok and whether they had any difficulties.
  2. Swami Nirvikalpanandji waited there till seekers had ‘Mahaprasad’ and he talked to them with lot of affection.

Radiance in Sanatan seekers is not observed in any other organization or institution ! – Swami Nirvikalpanand ji

Swami Nirvikalpanandji said on this occasion, “I have met members of many pro-Hindu organizations as also spiritual institutions; but the radiance found in Sanatan seekers is not found anywhere else; therefore, I feel affinity towards Sanatan. Sanatan seekers do ‘seva’ selflessly. In fact, I wanted seekers to stay here only (in the camp of Shankaracharya); but then I thought whether such simple ‘prasad’ provided here would be adequate for seekers. Seekers problem in coming and going to seva-kendra was also noted and I thought of providing at least ‘prasad’. One lady-seeker said that the ‘mahaprasad’ was good; but he said, “When thoughts are expansive , everything seems good and one always feels happy in any situation. It rained here so heavily, there was mud everywhere and cold; but all are in happy state of mind.”

Thousands of Muslims agitate for 10 % quota at Chennai

Thousands of Muslims agitate for 10 % quota at Chennai


Paush Amawasya, Kaliyug Varsha 5115
From an Islamic point of view Muslims are enlightened group of human race, then why Muslims are demanding reservation ? - Editor
Members of the Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamath staging agitation at G. Corner in Tiruchi on Tuesday
Members of the Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamath staging agitation at G. Corner in Tiruchi on Tuesday
Chennai : Members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) converged in large numbers here and in Chennai on Tuesday for a demonstration, urging the Centre to provide 10 per cent reservation for Muslims in education and employment.
The protestors wanted the State government to enhance quota for Muslims in Tamil Nadu from the existing 3.5 per cent to 7 per cent.
TNTJ members from Tiruchi and other districts including Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Karur, Ramanathapuram, Perambalur and Ariyalur who took part in the demonstration that lasted over two hours, raised slogans in support of their demands. Representatives from the northern districts participated in the demonstration in Chennai.
Coimbatore
In Coimbatore, around 4,000 members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath converged on Dr. Nanjappa Road for the protest.
Led by the organisation's State secretary R. Rahmathullah, they wanted the Central government to go by the Ranganath Mishra Committee's recommendations on reservation for Muslims and demanded that it be pegged at 10 per cent at the national level and seven per cent at the State level.
Mr. Rahmathullah said the State government should fulfill the promise Chief Minister Jayalalithaa made sometime ago that the reservation would be increased.
In the elections, the organisation would support only that party or alliance that promised to increase reservation, he added.
Source : The Hindu

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Nation remembers Social Reformer, former RSS Chief Prof Rajju Bhaiyya on his 94th Jayanti

New Delhi/Bangalore Jan 29: Nation remebered well known social reformer and 4th Sarasanghachalak of Rashtreeya Swayamsevak Sangh, Prof Rajesndra Sing who is popularly known as Rajju Bhaiyya on his 94th Birth Anniversary.
Rajju Bhaiya, was the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Rajju Bhaiya, was the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Prof. Rajendra Singh (29 January 1922 – 14 July 2003 ), popularly called Rajju Bhaiya, was the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was chief of that organisation between 1994 and 2000.
He worked as a professor and head of the Department of Physics at Allahabad University but left to devote his life to the RSS in the mid-1960s.
Rajendra Singh was born to Jwala Devi and Balbir Singh on 29 January in either 1921 or 1922 in Shahjahanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, when his father was posted there as an engineer. Originally his father Balbir Singh belonged to village Banail Pahasu of Bulandshahr district. Rajju Bhaiyya  matriculated from Unnao. After that he was enrolled at the Modern School (New Delhi) for a brief period before moving to St Joseph’s College, Nainital. Progressing to Allahabad University, he obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees. 
Rajju Bhaiyya  was acknowledged as an exceptionally brilliant student by Sir C. V. Raman, the physicist and Nobel Prize-winner, when he was his examiner in M.Sc. He also offered Singh a fellowship for advanced research in nuclear physics.
He joined Allahabad University after majoring in Physics to teach Spectroscopy. He taught at the university for several years, where later he was appointed head of the Physics Department.
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Rajju Bhaiyya  was also considered an expert in nuclear physics which was very rare those days in India. He was a very popular teacher of the subject, using simplicity and clear concepts.
with RSS:
Singh was active in the Quit India Movement of 1942 and it was during this time that he came in contact with the RSS.  From then onwards the Sangh influenced his life. He resigned from his university post in 1966 and offered full-time services to the RSS as a ‘prant pracharak’.  Beginning in Uttar Pradesh, Singh progressed to be the Sar Karyavaha (General Secretary) in the 1980s. In 1994, he was nominated to succeed Bala Saheb Deoras as RSS chief.
While in Uttar Pradesh, Singh worked with Lal Bahadur Shastri, Chandra Shekhar and V.P. Singh. Murali Manohar Joshi was also one of his best students.
Arguably Rajju Bhaiya’s term of six years was one of the most crucial for both Sangh and India. Rajju Bhaiyya shared an excellent rapport with political leaders cutting across ideological lines besides academicians, social workers and intellectuals.
1998 saw the pragmatic shift of Indian politics when the main opposition party, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scaled new heights by emerging as the largest party in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition at the Centre. This was a crucial period for the RSS and BJP. The BJP and the RSS shared many common ideologies.
He abdicated the post of Sarsanghchalak on account of his failing health in February 2000 and nominated the K. S. Sudarshan for the post.
During emergency he went underground and toured whole India. Singh was also responsible for organizing human rights convention presided by Justice VM Tarkunde in Delhi in 1976. He was also responsible for setting up friends of India Society International.
One of the most important beliefs of Singh was: “All people are basically nice. One should deal with every person by believing in his goodness. Anger, jealousy, etc. are the offshoots of his past experiences, which affect his behavior. Primarily every person is nice and everyone is reliable.”
Rajju Bhaiyya  was a firm believer in the concept of swadeshi and empowering rural economy. Initiating the rural developmental activities, he had declared in 1995 that the utmost priority should be given in making the villages hunger-free, disease-free and educative. Today, there are over 100 villages where the rural development work done by swayamsevaks has inspired the people of surrounding villages and their experiments are being emulated by those people.
Addressing the Vijayadashami festival at Nagpur in 1995, Singh remembered Mohandas K. Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. He challenged the way in which the central government was working on fulfilling the dreams of these two statesmen.
Rajju Bhaiyya wanted to establish a memorial named after Bismil in Delhi, the capital of India. He died on 14 July 2003 at Kaushik Ashram in Pune, Maharashtra.

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Êù\gú RûMeY cõPe eûRý i¹òk^ú Rû^êdûeú 31eê

Êù\gú RûMeY cõPe eûRý i¹òk^ú Rû^êdûeú 31eê
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More than 18000 Hindus attend Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha at Jalgaon

More than 18000 Hindus attend Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha at Jalgaon

Generation should be born from the soil of ‘Bharatmata’ that will revolt for protection of Dharma ! – Shri. Dhananjay Desai


From left : Pujya Nandkumar Jadhav; Shri. Sunil Ghanvat; Shri. Dhananjay Desai; Adv. Sanjiv Punalekar
Jalgaon (Maharashtra) : “Hindus now need to perform ‘puja’ for ‘Dharma-kranti’ along with ‘puja’ for peace. Today, Indian voters have to stage agitation against rulers of this country; but they will have to be shown their right place in the forthcoming elections to bring about change in this situation. Every Hindu needs to keep away from communal politics and elect a candidate who would work in the interest of Hindus. Today’s young generation should be such that it will strive for protection of Dharma, rather than being under influence of addictions or going after young women. A generation needs to be born from the soil of Bharatmata that will revolt for protection of Dharma. There was only one ‘Jaanata (wise) Raja’. The present ‘Jaante Raje’ are just impotent bulls. Such worthless persons cannot be ‘Jaanata Raja,” criticized Shri. Dhananjay Desai, the Founder-President of ‘Hindu Rashtra Sena’ while addressing Hindu ‘Dharmajagruti Sabha (sabha)’ on 26th January 2014 held at ‘Shivateertha Ground’ here. This ‘sabha’ was attended by more than 18000 devout Hindus.
The ‘sabha’ was started with blowing of conch, followed with lighting of lamp by Pujya Nandkumar Jadhav, Sanatan Sanstha’s Saint. Advocate Sanjeev Punalekar, national Secretary of ‘Hindu Vidhidnya Parishada’ and Shri. Sunil Ghanavat, Maharashtra State Coordinator of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) shared the dais with Shri. Dhananjay Desai. ‘Vedamurty’, Shri. Rajabhau Joshi of ‘Sharada Vedapathashala’ and his group recited ‘Veda-mantras’ and were felicitated by advocate Pankaj Patil, a devout pro-Hindu activist. Shri. Sudhir Tavare of HJS presented a review of HJS activities and the program was compeered by Kum. Priyanka Lone and Shri. Gajanan Keskar.  

Felicitation of speakers on dais

H.B.P. Chandrashekhar Maharaj from Shirsoli felicitated Pujya Nandkumar Jadhav of Sanatan. Shri. Vasant Patil of HJS felicitated advocate Sanjeev Punalekar, national Secretary of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishada, Shri. Dhananjay Desai, the Founder- President of ‘Hindu Rashtra Sena’ and Shri. Sunil Ghanavat, Maharashtra State Coordinator of HJS. Sou. Sunanda Patil from Jalgaon felicitated Sanatan’s Pujya (Kum.) Swati Khadye present for the ‘sabha’.  

Inspiring thoughts expressed by dignitaries

Establishment of righteous Hindu Rashtra is a duty towards nation and Dharma ! – Pujya Nandkumar Jadhav, Sanatan Sanstha

It is necessary to establish righteous governance and it cannot be achieved by just holding elections; but all of us need to abide by Dharma. Sanatan’s innocence has been proved still Sanatan seekers are being interrogated by police. Ban on Sanatan, defamation of Saints is a conspiracy for eliminating Hindu Dharma; but we will not tolerate such injustice. It is a matter of concern that India stands first in export of beef. In the present times, it is necessary to stop love-jihad, land-jihad etc. The Government has no money for constructing Warakari Bhavan; but has money for extending grants for madarasas, honorarium to maulavis and Haj pilgrimage.

We don’t want ‘Chand (moon)-Tara (star)’ on saffron flag ! – advocate Sanjeev Punalekar, Hindu Vidhidnya Parishada

Bomb blasts occurred in every part of this country; but during riots after ‘Godhra’ massacre in Gujarat, why bomb blast did not take place ? Nikhil Wagle is indulging in ‘yellow’ journalism; Dharma is not his subject. Dr. Dabholkar was conferred ‘Padmashri’ award posthumously; but had he lived, he would have been sent to jail for corruption cases filed against him; so in a way, God has saved him. We want only saffron flag without ‘Chand-Tara’ on it. We will fight cases for innocent Hindu youth implicated in bomb blast cases for their innocence and if they are not innocent, we will still fight their case because they are devout Hindus.   

Hindu Rashtra is my birthright and I will have it ! – Shri. Sunil Ganavat, HJS

This country got freedom due to revolutionaries like Swatantryaveer Savarkar and not because of Gandhi. He was Rashtrapita but for Pakistan since he was responsible for creation of Pakistan and we are suffering for its adverse effects. If Hindu refugees from Pakistan are not given shelter, devout Hindus from Jalgaon will offer them shelter. If the Government creates obstacles in this, such Government will not get shelter anywhere. HJS will be soon starting movement for closing slaughter-houses at Shirsoli and Bhusaval (Dist. Jalgaon) and for handing over ancient ‘Pandav Wada’ to Hindus. Akbar Owaisi, who is trying to come to ‘Kanha-Desh’, will not be allowed to enter.  Let us present a picture depicting slaying of Afzal Khan to Government representatives whenever they visit us as they are responsible for removal of lesson on Afzal Khan’s slaying from history text books and let us wear shirts with picture of Afzal Khan’s slaying printed on the back of these shirts.

Bangladesh : Hindu temples, houses attacked in 5 districts

Bangladesh : Hindu temples, houses attacked in 5 districts

January 29, 2014
Paush Krushnapaksha 13, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

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Bangladesh : Hindu temples and houses came under attack in at least five districts across the country on Monday.
Unidentified criminals attacked a temple and vandalised four idols of a temple in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj as they were allegedly barred from taking part in a dancing program on Monday night.
Witnesses said, a few youths went to the temple during Kali Puja function at Manipara at around 9:30pm and tried to take part in a ritual dance.
As the temple committee members did not allow them, the criminals beat up the devotees and vandalised the furniture of the temple.

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Our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports : A Hindu house was attacked by a gang allegedly over a land dispute at Northbengal in the district town on Monday night.
A victim, Maya Rani, alleged that, they donated one decimal of land for a link road in the area but a local muscleman demanded two decimals. As her husband turned down their demand, the criminals attacked the house, she said.
In Patuakhali, three people were injured as a gang attacked a wedding function of a Hindu family at Mithagonj village in Kalapara upazila on Monday night, reports our correspondent.
Police and family sources said, a group of youths came to the house of Amal Das on Monday night and swooped on the function as they failed to get invitation from the family.
In Madaripur, a gang of criminals vandalised a temple and several idols in it, following a dispute over a piece of land at Kawkuri village under Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Police said, criminals attacked the house of Subhash Datta and vandalised temple in the house.  Following case filing, police detained a woman in this connection, reports our correspondent.
Away in Bagerhat district, are unidentified gang tried to set fire to a family temple in Kachua upazila of the district on Monday night, reports our local correspondent.
Meanwhile, in Dinajpur and Chapainawabganj, the indigenous people formed separate human chains in the districts, protesting the recent attacks on minority communities, including Adivasi men and Hindus across the country after the January 5 election.
Source : The Daily Star

Success of Hindus : Police refuse permission for Asaduddin Owaisi’s meeting at Mumbra

Success of Hindus : Police refuse permission for Asaduddin Owaisi’s meeting at Mumbra

January 29, 2014
Paush Krushnapaksha 1, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

Successful efforts by former Dy. Mayor, Narendra Pawar of BJP !

Kalyan (Maharashtra) : A meeting of MP Asaduddin Owaisi of fanatic MIM party was proposed to be held on 2nd February 2014 at Mumbra, a Muslim pre-dominant area; but Owaisi is known for giving provoking speeches, hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and creating law and order problems. On learning about the proposed meeting, Shri. Narendra Pawar, former Dy. Mayor of Kalyan – Dombivali Municipal Corporation and the present District President of BJP for Kalyan submitted representation to the State Home Minister, BJP’s Regional-President Devendra Phadanvis, Opposition leader Eknath Khadase of State Legislative Assembly and Vinod Tawade, Opposition leader of State Legislative Council, besides submission of such representations to the Police Commissioner, District Collector, Thane Municipal Commissioner etc. demanding that police should not grant permission for Owaisi’s meeting. Finally, due to Pawar’s efforts, police did not grant permission for the meeting. (Congratulations to Shri. Narendra Pawar for taking prompt action for protection of Dharma ! BJP’s other leaders can also keep Shri. Pawar as their ideal as it will help to keep a curb on anti-Dharma activities ! – Editor, Dainik Sanatan Prabhat)
It has been stated by Shri. Pawar in the representation that ‘considering the background of leaders of the concerned party, they are known for giving provoking speeches and instigating riots amongst two communities. No action has yet been taken against the guilty in Mumbai riot case of 2012. In view of the forthcoming elections, Owaisi’s meeting can once again create problem of law and order and if riots take place as an outcome of this meeting, Maharashtra Government and police would be solely responsible for the same. It is, therefore, suggested that permission should not be granted for either the meeting or allocation of place for holding meeting.’
Police have taken down statement of Shri. Pawar and due to his promptness, conveyed their refusal, in writing, to hold such meeting.