Press Statement of VHP on
Orissa Killings
Press Statement of VHP on
Orissa Killings
Title: Press statement of VHP on Orissa Killings
Author: V.H.P.
Date: 24 January, 1999
Following is a press release by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in
Ahmedabad on January 24, 1999. A statement expressing the same
sentiments has been released by Shri Ashokji Singhal, Working
President of the VHP, from Delhi.
Dr Pravinbhai Togadia, General Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP), today severely condemned the dastardly killing of
the Australian missionary and his two children in Orissa’s
Kaojhar district and denied that the VHP or the Bajrang Dal had
anything to do with it.
Offering condolence to the widow of the missionary, Fr Graham
Stewart Staines, and expressing shock over the incident,
particularly the killing of the two children, Dr Togadia said that
the Hindu ethos is essentially against settlement of dispute by
violence. “We believe in Sanskar which means settling disputes
through love, persuasion and debate,” he remarked.
Welcoming the judicial probe into the incident ordered by the
Orissa Government, he described as “deep rooted conspiracy”
attempts to drag the VHP and the Bajrang Dal in the killing. “It
is an attempt to defame the Hindu society as a whole,” he said,
and demanded that the guilty should be brought to book as quickly
as possible.
Regarding on Dara Singh, who is reportedly involved in the
incident, he said, “We have inquired through our channels and
there is no one by the name of Dara Singh who is even remotely
associated with the Bajrang Dal in Uttar Pradesh. Dr Togadia
dubbed as “a new fashion” on the part of the VHP’s rivals
and politicians to drag the organisation’s name in such
incidents to save their own skin. “It seems that for these
people the cheapest scapegoat for covering their own lapses today
is the Bajrang Dal,” he quipped.
Dr Togadia said of late there has been a lot of resentment amongst
the Vanvasis across the country against organised conversion by
the Christian missionaries in the name of service, which the
Vanvasis think is resulting in the erosion of their ancient and
rich culture. Adding further he said as awareness spreads amongst
the Vanvasis, their reaction to conversion is only natural, but it
should manifest itself in a peaceful and democratic manner in
accordance with the cultural ethos of Bharat.
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