Bajrang Dal
The Bajrang Dal is the youth wing of the
VHP
, set up to mobilise youth for the
Ayodhya movement
. They can be regarded as a paramilitary wing of the
Sangh Parivar
whose role is to stoke communal tension and participate in communal violence (in
Kishtwar
,
Warud
and
Muzaffarnagar
for example). They played
central role
in the
Gujarat pogroms of 2002
.
Apart from communal violence, the Bajrang Dal and other organisations of the Sangh Parivar engage in "moral policing", often with the active participation of the police. This includes
attacking young couples out together in public
, or even
having parties in private
.
References
:
• Articles tagged with Bajrang Dal on
The Wire
,
kafila
,
Communalism Watch
and
Narendra Modi Facts
.
•
Bajrang Dal on Wikipedia
.
Related words:
Sangh Parivar
VHP
Gujarat pogroms 2002
Babu Bajrangi
Haresh Bhatt
communalism
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