Ranjit Savarkar, grandson of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar, on Friday, June 16 called for an economic boycott of the Muslim community and exhorted Hindus to carry out “only Hindu-to-Hindu” trade. He was an invitee and speaker at the inauguration of a six-day ‘Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav’ being held in Goa.
The event was organised by organised by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, which is allied to Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindutva militant group whose members were accused in the murder of many human rights defenders. Sabrangindia team has been monitoring HJS for hate speeches closely since November 2022.
Ranjit Savarkar also asked Hindu seers to tell their followers to eat only ‘jhatka’ meat so that “our money” does not go to Muslim butchers, the newspaper reported. “The campaign should be that we will not trade with Islam. Trade will be between Hindus…,” he said.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is one of the chief ideologues of India’s Hindu nationalist movement.
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Goa, June 2023
The notorious and aggressive Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) who’s activists (and masterminds) have been closely linked to the accused of rationalist murders of Narendra Dabholkar (2013), Govind Pansare (2015), MM Kalburgi (2015) and Gauri Lankesh (2017) has hosted an international meet to hail and promote the idea of Hindu Rashtra (India as a Hindutva Theorcracy). The convention in Goa with online and offline participation of 1500 participants began on Friday June 16 and continues through June 22
At the HJS press conference held in New Delhi four days ago, HJS announced the agenda for the seven-day meet scheduled to be held at Shree Vidyadhiraj Hall, Shri Ramnath Devasthan, Bandora in Ponda, Goa. With a BJP government firmly in this holiday destination diverse state, Goa, no disruptions are likely. The vast campus of the organisation Sanatan Sanstha (founded by JayantAthawale) set in the balmy clime o south Goa, Ponda is housed just here.
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti state spokesperson, Mohan Gowda had said in a statement here on Friday, June 9, “There will be many brainstorming sessions on various issues such as Love Jihad, Halal Certification, Land Jihad, Kashi-Mathura Mukti, conversions, cow-slaughtering, Islamic invasion on forts, protection of temple culture, rehabilitation of Kashmiri Hindus, persecution of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh, etc, besides subjects related to laying the foundation for establishing Hindu Rashtra,” he added reported Siasat.com. “Besides Mandir Mahasangh, Waqf Board, Conversion, Love Jihad, Halal Jihad, PFI, ISIS, how Hindu nation should be discussed in this program with the people from all the organizations and will keep their demands in front of the government,” National “Guru”, Dr Charudatta Pingale had asserted.
All prominent names associated with HJS, have been over the past week holding small, seemingly innocuous gatherings in different parts of the country to announce the heralding of the Hindu Rashtra. Their meetings are being held in localities and temples. Besides, the modus of online satsang are being used to propagate the HJS Mahotsav. All the Members of HJS and their social media accounts are full of photos of the proposed Sabha and Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav.Repeat offenders in terms of provocative hate speech have been invited and are likely to turn up in Goa and attend. The names likely to reach Ponda Goa and create a stor by their hate speech are Kalicharan Maharaj, Raja Singh, Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan News and others.
