Hindutva outfits bat for 'Hindu Rashtra', call for fast-track courts for Mathura, Kashi temple disputes

Lucknow: 'Hindutva' outfits on Sunday strongly advocated for a 'Hindu Rashtra' to protect the cultural identity and integrity of the country and also demanded that the ongoing Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque and Shreekrishna Janmabhoomi-Idgah Mosque disputes to be tried in fast track courts.

The outfits also demanded a ban on 'halal' certificates and asked the Centre to take effective steps to check alleged "atrocities" on the Hindus in Bangladesh. The demands were made at a meeting of dozens of ‘hindutva’ outfits at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district.

According to the reports, representatives from more than 50 ‘hindutva’ outfits from across the country took part in the meeting, which was held at Balaji Dham in Vrindavan.

Senior leader of the Hindu Janjagriti Samit, a saffron outfit, Charudutt Pingle said that India should become a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ to ensure that its integrity and cultural identity are  preserved.

‘’There are reports that India will have the largest population of Muslims in the world by 2050....we also face conspiracies to make Mizoram and Manipur separate Christian states,’’ Pingle said.

‘’It is essential to hand over the ongoing Kashi and Mathura cases to the fast track court for expeditious hearing so that these matters could be resolved quickly,’’ he added.

Pawan Sinha, another senior saffron leader, demanded a ban on the ‘halal certificates’ in the country.

The Samiti also launched an online petition in support of its demand for fast tracking Kashi and Mathura disputes.

The demands of the Hindutva outfits came a day after a proposal to set up a ‘Sanatan Board, on the lines of the Waqf Board, by prominent Hindu seers at Prayagraj to ‘protect’ the temples, mutts and the followers of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and to wage legal battle to retake the temples, which were demolished and converted into mosques.