Shocking! Hindutva extremists give military-style arms training!
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Madhya Pradesh/Uttar Pradesh: Shocking videos of Hindu right-wing extremists conducting illegal military-style firearm training have surfaced on social media. The video features members of radical Hindutva outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its youth wing, Bajrang Dal, indulging in shooting, marching with rifles on public roads, etc., Saisat Daily reports.
In Madhya Pradesh Sehore, there was a week-long camp which provided illegal arms training to the participants. In a series of videos uploaded on social media, many karyakartas were seen attending an event holding rifles. Here, Bajrang Dal members marched the city holding rifles.
In the Mandla area, Bajrang Dal members ran road marches with canes and saffron flags.
In Gujarat’s Sbarkantha, Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad supplied men with weapons to train Hindu men and minors. A video showed minors receiving firing training in an open field.
A day ago. Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur saw Bajrang Dal marching the streets with inflammatory slogans. In Chattisgarh, on May 18, Bajrang Dal marched the streets of Raipur city, brandishing canes and swords. Another shocking video was a saffron-clad mob was seen marching, who bore canes, swords and saffron flags and were proceeding under police protection.
This is from #Raipur, #Chattisgarh.
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On May 18, #BajrangDal member marched on the streets holding canes and swords. pic.twitter.com/KUUXuFfjKA
From Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, a video surfaced featuring 500 Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of the VHP, marching the streets with sticks, guns and swords in the Nagda area. Durga Vahini members marched Ram Sanehi Ghat in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki after May 27th.
Further, Siasat reports that Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad leader Manoj Kumar led a weapons training camp for Hindu youth in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on May 29. In the video that went viral, Kumar addressed a crowd of youth holding guns. He was encouraging violence against Muslims and dispensing conspiracy theories like ‘love jihad’ and Muslims birthing more children, etc.