VHP leader also demands Uniform Civil Code to prevent Muslims from marrying four times
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Wardha (Maharashtra): Aimed at intimidating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia has dared the Modi government to “constitutionally recognize India to be a Hindu Rashtra” if it wants to continue governing the country.
Togadia also advocated for immediate passing of the anti-conversion bill so that Hindus cannot change their religion. The VHP leader was here to attend and address a grand convention to celebrate VHP’s golden jubilee year.
Praveen Togadia
VHP is observing 2014-2015 as golden jubilee year of its establishment and organizing a number of conventions throughout the country district wise.
He was very critical during his speech on the already much-debated issue of religious conversion that has stalled both the houses of the Parliament for the whole last and this week.
Asserting that the whole world was once inhabited by Hindus, whose population should have been 700 crore in the world, Togadia said: “Population of Hindus in India needs to be increased from 82 % to 100 per cent in next 1,000 years, for which India needs to be declared a Hindu Rashtra constitutionally. If you want to government the country, then you must do this, you must make India constitutionally a Hindu Rashtra.”
Talking about the ancestry of Indian Muslims and Christians, he said, “The ancestors of Indian Muslims were Hindus. The ancestors of Christians were Hindu too. Therefore, now if someone wants to return to the Hindu society, the Hindus should accept him whole heartedly.”
He also attracted the attention towards illegal Bangladeshi people in India and said, “These Bangladeshis who are roaming freely in India must be sent back immediately.”
He also took on the sensitive issues of Muslim family laws and said, “We will not let Muslims marry four times and for this purpose, Uniform Civil Code must be enacted.”
The VHP leader also said “love jihad” was a conspiracy against Hindus and there are many means by which the population of Hindus is declining, “There is an absolute need of providing protection to them.”
For all such measures, he concluded, “for all such protection, India has to be made a Hindu Rashtra and attempts must be made in this direction.”