Hindu Right demands its dues: Some extreme right wing outfits have intensified their strident campaign in a bid to expand their base

"Even as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and affiliated organisations are shying away from "causing any embarrassment to the Narendra Modi government by making any controversial statements or demands", some extreme rightwing outfits have intensified their strident campaign in a bid to expand their base.

A convention of extreme rightwing organisaitons is being held at Ponda in Goa, under the aegis of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. According to organisers, the third All India Hindu Convention is being represented by over 125 organisations from India and abroad. The refrain at the convention, according to the press releases, is "call for establishment of India as a Hindu nation", an ideal "long abandoned by the RSS".

These are some of the sample statements made by leaders of these organisations. "To think that the recent change of power at the centre is conducive for the establishment of the Hindu Nation is a delusion, because BJP, the offspring of the RSS, which distances itself from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Swatantryaveer Savarkar, will never take up the mission of the Hindu nation. The struggle for the liberation of the Hindus that commenced in the year 711 is not yet over," said national guide of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Charudatta Pingale.

"A time has come for Hindus to restart the freedom struggle with the same old exceptional will-power and unmatched bravery to protect our self-respect and seats of pride. Mind you, the Hindu Nation is not going to be established through the ballot, it will simply be the culmination of a battle; and hence, Hindu sects and organisations have to blow the bugle for the second freedom struggle," he added..."