The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS, Committee for the Hindu Renaissance) is a
Hindutva organisation active in Maharashtra and Goa, with the logo "
For establishment of the Hindu Nation". It is founded by, and
closely linked with Sanatan Sanstha, another Hindutva organisation. Initially
with a low profile, it is associated with vigilanteism and
paramilitary activity. Several of its members were arrested in connection with
terrorist activity in Maharashtra. The group apparently
threatened prominent rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar before his assassination in August 2013.
The HJS
constructed and heavily promotes the
Love Jihad conspiracy theory, central in the
Muzaffarnagar communal violence. It also campaigned against artist MF Husain, objecting to his nude depictions of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, and
against screenings of films on the painter. Among its other campaigns, HJS has agitated for the
banning of school textbooks it claims ignore Hindu rulers and glorify Muslim rulers, and against the promotion of
LGBT tourism in Goa.
References:
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HJS on Communalism Watch.