'Gift swords to your sisters on Raksha Bandhan'

 A little-known sadhvi from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, has called on Hindu men to “gift swords” to their sisters on Raksha Bandhan so they can “conserve our culture which faces threat from Love Jihad.”

Sadhvi Saraswati, who runs the Sanatan Dharma Prachar Seva Samiti, said Muslims had been using Love Jihad as a “weapon” to check the Hindu population. She asked Hindu women to read and follow the history of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and urged Hindu men to gift swords to their sisters on the coming Raksha Bandhan. 

This will send a “warning” to youth from the other community who are trying to “prey” on Hindu women, she said at a programme organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal here on Thursday.