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some, has seen the organization's Maharashtra leaders, mainly brahmans, stoutly defending Gadkari just as the state BJP unit is. However, there are other RSS leaders who are not so sure about Gadkari continuing as some feel he may be a liability in view of the controversy surrounding Purti. Vaidya's son, Modi at oddsM G Vaidya has set the cat among the pigeons by blaming Gujarat CM Narendra Modi for masterminding attacks on BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Modi supporters and his allies in BJP maintain Gadkari's troubles are of his own making and that they have little to do with revelations about the dealings of the Purti group founded by the Nagpur-based leader or the investors who poured funds into the venture. Vaidya's unhindered observations prompted Gadkari to issue a statement describing the allegations regarding Modi as "unfounded" but this hardly quelled conspiracy theories about alignments within the BJP and the RSS over the party president and the saffron icon. The split in the BJP over whether Gadkari should immediately put in his papers has seen leaders like Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh supporting Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani's view that propriety demands that the party chief must resign forthwith. They were joined by national executive member Jagdish Shettigar. The RSS so far has accepted the "clean chit" handed to Gadkari by chartered accountant S Gurumurthy â€” considered close to the Sangh â€” and has repeatedly said it will not be swayed by a "media trial". Yet, Vaidya's fulminations are sure to be deeply embarrassing as they reveal that the BJP's factional wars have percolated to the RSS as well. Vaidya has a reputation for stoking controversy. His criticism of Modi is said to be in part rooted in his son Manmohan and the Gujarat CM being at odds. However, the remarks came soon after Modi visited the RSS headquarters for a meeting seen as a bid to rally all saffron forces to the BJP's cause in Gujarat. (Times of India 13/11/12) Can Hindu law cover Sikhs, Jains, asks SC (26) NEW DELHI: If Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism are separate and distinct religions, can followers of these faiths be bracketed as Hindus under the Constitution and be governed by Hindu personal law, the Supreme Court asked before issuing notice to the Centre and attorney general G E Vahanvati. Sikh scholar Birendra Kaur in her petition questioned the constitutional and past legislative attempts to obliterate identities of separate faiths by recognizing them under the broad religious connotation of Hindus. She said this negated the constitutional guarantee to each individual to practise and propagate the religion of his/her choice. The Punjab and Haryana high court had dismissed with caustic observations a petition by Sikh scholar Birendra Kaur questioning the constitutional and past legislative attempts to obliterate identities of separate faiths by recognizing them under the broad religious connotation of Hindus, but an SC bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices S S Nijjar and J Chelameswar not only entertained her appeal but also framed the question for adjudication. "This petition is seeking to express and make clear the frustration and disappointment of a large part of the Sikh community which feels its identity as Sikh is undermined by certain clauses and titles of certain statutes which club Sikhs under the definition of Hindu," senior advocate Colin Gonsalves argued. The SC said, "Issue notice on the question as to whether the inclusion of people professing the Sikh, Jain or Buddhist faiths could be included in the enactments relating exclusively to persons professing the Hindu religion, within the ambit of Explanation II to Article 25(2) of the Constitution. Let notice be issued separately to the AG also, to be served both through the ministry of minority affairs as also through the central agency, returnable six weeks hence." However, the petitioners said a constitutional mischief arose through Explanation II, which said, "The reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jain or Buddhist religion, and the reference to Hindu religious institutions shall be construed accordingly." The petition said making a law applicable to all religions was one thing but it would be discriminatory to refer different religions by the name of a religion. The petitioner added, "The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, use the word Hindu to include Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and others, even though it is clarified that these are separate religions." Would it be acceptable if the name of the Hindu Marriage
Act was changed to Buddhist Marriage Act and made applicable to all four religions, the petitioner asked. (Times of India 14/11/12) VHP invites Sikhs, Buddhists for Mahakumbh (26) Chandigarh: Showing a liberal face, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday extended invitation to Sikhs and Buddhists to take part in the Mahakumbh to be held in Allahabad early next year. The Mahakumbh, held after 12 years at Allahabad, will start on January 14, next year and will conclude on February 28. Talking to mediapersons, Ashok Singhal, president of VHP said that they have already met Avtar Singh Makkar, president of Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) few days ago, in which they accepted our invitation and asked us to send it formally. “Though SGPC, SAD and other organisations of Sikh community have already accepted our invitation, we came here to invite them formally and personally,” said Singhal. He added that VHP is not inviting only Sikh community to take part in the Mahakumbh. “I also met Dalai Lama a few days ago and he accepted our invitation and assured us that around 500 lamas will attend the Mahakumbh. Singhal did not rule out that Ram temple at Ayodhya could be an issue in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, Hardeep Singh, member of SGPC said that instead of accepting the VHP invitation for Mahakumbh, Sikh bodies should have asked VHP in which capacity they are inviting the Sikhs to take part and whether VHP considers Sikhs as part of Hindu religion or a separate religion or community. "If VHP consider Sikhs as part of Hindu religion, then Sikhs should not go there and attend that ceremony, however, if they consider Sikhs as different religion, then Sikhs may accept the invitation”, said Singh. Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal condemned the way VHP extended invitation for the Mahakumbh. Talking to The Pioneer, she said, “We, strongly condemn the move of VHP in this regard. They are dividing the Sikh community by inviting SAD or SGPC only. Akalis are not the only one, who represent Sikh community. There are a number of political parties, NGOs and others who belong to sikh community but work in different organisations. If they want to invite Sikh community, they should talk to everyone rather than asking Chief Minister of Punjab." (Pioneer 15/11/12) RSS, VHP to organise sant sammelan at Ayodhya on Nov 26 (25) Lucknow: After long, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) are jointly organising a sant sammelan in Ayodhya on Monday to remind them about the issue of construction of Ram Mandir and update them on the steps being taken by both organisations in that direction. VHP patron Ashok Singhal as well as head of Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas Mahant Nritya Gopal Das will address the saints at Karsevakpuram, located around 1.5-km from the disputed site of Ram Janmbhoomi. Organisers are expecting a gathering of more than 2,000 saints. November 26 has been chosen for the sammelan as saints from across the country have assembled in Ayodhya these days for the Parikrama which started on Wednesday. The saints will stay there till Kartik Purnima on November 28. “The sammelan in Ayodhya on Monday is being organised to make saints aware of the ongoing programmes of VHP and remind them about the Ram Temple issue and appeal to them to remain united for it,” said Triloki Nath Pandey, a VHP leader. Pandey said that VHP will be organising a grand sammelan of saints during the Kumbh in Allahabad on February 7 where the issue of Ram Temple will be discussed and an important strategy would be chalked out for reviving the issue. RSS district convener Vikrama Prasad Pandey said that the saints in the past few years had got divided over different issues. “The sammelan is to reunite the saints on this issue,” Pandey said. (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 24/11/12) 'Vishwa Hindu parishad trains girls to hate Muslims and Christians' (26) PANAJI: The people in the Vishwa Hindu parishad (VHP) are "not monstrous, but their teachings to young girls are problematic", says Nisha Pahuja, maker of the documentary 'The world fefore her', based on the right-wing organization. "The people in the VHP are like all of us. But some of their teachings are problematic as they teach them to hate Christians and Muslims. They have so much of love for the
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