The Vishwa Hindu Parishad issued a statement on Thursday saying that an unnecessary controversy had been created over the Bajrang Dal training camp in Ayodhya.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad issued a statement on Thursday saying that an unnecessary controversy had been created over the Bajrang Dal training camp in Ayodhya.
“It smacks of roguish mischievousness. This is an attempt to jeopardise Hindu-Muslim camaraderie and disparage the entire Muslim community by branding them as terrorists” VHP leader Surendra Jain said in the statement.
He said that this was not the first time that a training camp of this kind has been organised. Such training camps based on the same principles/curriculum have been a regular feature of the Bajrang Dal activities, he added.
Dr Surendra Jain said that anyone who is trying to portray this as some sort of a conspiracy hatched by the central government or even remotely associates this with the state elections that are due in Uttar Pradesh next year is completely ignorant of the history of the Bajrang Dal.
He said that the kind of training provided at these camps is perfectly within the ambit of the law. Thousands of “akhadas” all over the country impart the same kind of training.
Explaining further, the VHP leader said that the attire and the kind of outfit and robes that the targets were shown wearing during the camp, had been inspired from what is shown by the media.
“The videos released by ISIS have been showing Laden, Yakub and Baghdadi in a particular kind of attire which has become a standard symbol of terrorist attire. Therefore, it is these terrorist organisations which should take the blame for the generalisation of this attire — there is no way the blame for this can be laid at the doorstep of the Bajrang Dal which was only following a media pattern,” Dr Surendra Jain said.
Dr Jain blamed the Uttar Pradesh government for trying to polarise society on communal lines by initiating action against the Bajrang Dal.
“The state government is only trying to conceal its failure in stopping terrorist activities in the state and the attacks on the Hindu society. If they really want to do something in favour of the nation, then they should act against the Darul Uloom, Deoband, which issues anti-national fatwas and is a source of inspiration for terrorists,” the VHP leader added.
