Hindu Samhati

[G.Subramaniam]

Hindu Samhati is founded by Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, ex-RSS activist, who left RSS because Sangh Parivar

is incapable of protecting Hindus in Bengal

[G.Subramaniam]

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Hindu Defense Organization Being Launched in East India - Hindu Samhati

Hindu Defense Organization Being Launched in East India - Hindu Samhati



HINDU SAMHATI

5, Bhuban Dhar Lane. Kolkata-700012



Dear Friends,

Taking the words of Swami Vivekananda I would like to say that the visually challenged cannot see the imminent threat of another partition. The deaf cannot hear its footsteps. And the fact is another partition is forthcoming in the Eastern region of India which is going to de-link Bengal and Assam. The futile dream of 1905 and the incomplete dream of 1947 finally seems be fulfilled and a long cherished vision will be realized. They say, the British snatched Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from them in the battle of Plassey in 1757 and hence it was their duty (farz) to give them back this entire area at the time of their departure in 1947. Instead, the British deprived them, giving them only half of Bengal. The British had cheated them. (Continue below)



To view flier in Bengali, please click on link below:

http://www.aratidas.com/flier1.pdf



And now they are determined to assert their right of ruling Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The first step in this direction was taken in 1947. The second step is conquering West Bengal and Assam.

However, the people living in the border districts of West Bengal can already hear their footsteps and every day the sound is growing louder. Even the inhabitants of Birbhum, Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan, East Midnapur can hear these footfalls. The Kolkatans have recently witnessed the anti-Taslima violence on 21 November at Park Circus. But this is only a trailer and in a few days they will get to see the entire movie.



Friend, you might be surprised by what I am saying. The incidents at Dhantala, Bantala, Bashanti, Sonakhali and Hemtabad were not pre-planned. Rather they occurred due to lack of planning and control. Their stratagem is wide and has far reaching consequences. To materialize their plans, they are quietly and stealthily increasing their population on both sides of the Border. Production is being carried out on the other side and the product is supplied in this side. Their population is increasing at an alarming rate. We have already become minority in 10 districts of West Bengal and Assam. If we consider the blocks, we are a minority in 62 of them. In these areas we are living completely at their mercy. In several places blowing of conchshells, celebration of Holi, Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja in schools have been banned. Our mothers and sisters are living in terror, not at the thought of what is going to happen, but by witnessing what is happening.



Unfortunately, these incidents are not being allowed to be brought to light by the vested interests. The cries of human sufferings and persecution are lost by the incessant blowing of the trumpet of Secularism! What is more tragic, the Sachar Committee is trying to put the blame on the Hindus for all the backwardness of the Muslims, as if it is we who are exploiting them!



But what would be the outcome of such Muslim appeasement? Haven’t we suffered enough during the partition of 1947? Did not Dr. Ambedkar clearly point out the disastrous results of such appeasement during the pre-partition days? And that disaster was the loss of our hearth and homes, that disaster was the loss of the honour of our women, that disaster was the earning of the ‘refugee’ tag by millions of Hindus.



In spite of this our political leaders continue to aid and abet this policy of appeasement, though most of them happen to be refugees themselves! And we, the Hindus, seem to have resigned ourselves to follow the path of the ostrich to tide over this crisis. But don’t we realize that we cannot save ourselves in this way? Our forefathers could not do it in 1947, the Hindus of Kashmir could not do it in 1990, and we will not be able to do so either when our turn comes.



And therefore, we have come out to protest – to protest against this policy of appeasement, this inertia and this hypocrisy. We have come out with the resolve to protect our country, to protect the honour of our women, to protect the Hindus in general and the Hindu Swabhiman. Whatever may be the outcome of this fight, one thing is for sure – we shall not yield an inch to the enemy without a fight. WE SHALL NOT SURRENDER.



We, therefore, felt the need of a new platform to mobilize all Hindus for this purpose and the name that has been proposed is Hindu Samhati. In this respect, a meeting has been called at Bharat Sabha Hall on 14 February 2008, which will be graced by some of the most eminent Hindu personalities of our times.



You are most cordially welcome.



Tapan Kr. Ghosh

Contact: 94330 37705



HINDU SAMHATI

Venue: Bharat Sabha Hall

62, B. B. Ganguly Street, Kolkata-12

(Near “CENTRAL” Metro Station)

Date: 14 February 2008, Thursday

Time: 1.00 pm



Speakers:

Swami Ashimanandaji (Gujarat), Swami Pradiptanandaji (Murshidabad), Swami Punyalokanandaji, Shri K.N. Govindacharya , Smt. Himani Savarkar (Pune), Shri Pramod Mutalik (Bangalore), Shri Bharat Bhai (Gujarat), Shri Dhananjay Pathak (Meerut), Shri Shailendra Jain (Delhi) Shri Anil Lamba (Delhi), Shri Sudhir Patel (Patna)



To view flier in Bengali, please click on link below:

http://www.aratidas.com/flier1.pdf

[G.Subramaniam]

Launch of Hindu Samhati – A Report



Launch of Hindu Samhati – A Report



With incredible enthusiasm the new Hindu Social forum ‘Hindu Samhati’ was launched in Kolkata at the Bharat Sabha Hall (erstwhile Indian Association Hall) on the 14th of February, 2008. Belying all expectations the venue overflowed with supporters and activists and many willingly endured the entire 4 hour long session standing on their feet as seats were already filled up.



The session was convened by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and was conducted by Sri Upananda Brahmachari. Senior and prominent Hindu leaders from all over India attended this launch to address the gathering and to extend their support and solidarity towards the cause for which Sri Tapan Ghosh and his compatriots have instituted this forum.



Among the distinguished speakers were Swamy Ashimanandaji from Dangs, Gujarat; Smt. Himani Savarkar, All India Secretary, Hindu Mahasabha, Pune; Sri Pramod Mutalik, Chief of Hindu Rashtriya Sena, Bangalore; Swamy Pradiptanandaji, President, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Murshidabad, West Bengal; Swamy Punyalokanandaji, Ramkrishna Ashram, Gorer Hat, West Bengal, Sri Bharat Bhai, Chief, Swamy Vivekanand Sanskar Kendra, Valsad, Gujarat; Sri Shailendra Jain, Bajrang Dal Prant Satsang Pramukh, Delhi; Sri Anil Lamba, President, Bharatiya Janashakti Yuva Morcha, Delhi Pradesh; Sri Sudhir Patel, Former Prant Samyojak, Bajrang Dal,South Bihar; Sri Vinay Singh, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, Delhi; and other eminent guests from the city. Sri Govindacharya was expected to attend but he was detained in Prayag for some religious function , he sent his representative Sri Vinay Singh with his written message. Sri Balkrishna Naik, Jt. General Secretary of VHP, too sent his written message expressing his support and good wishes.



The venue practically overflowed with enthusiastic young supporters from surrounding districts and the city proper. The audience also included many distinguished activists and karyakartas of different Hindu Organisations, like senior Sangh Pracharak Sri Keshav Rao Dikshit, VHP West Bengal Secretary Sri Ajay Nandi, former ABVP State Secretary Sri Santanu Singha, former ABVP Kolkata City President Sri Joydeep Mitra, VHP State Vice President and prominent writer Dr. Radheshyam Brahmachari, Former VHP Mizoram Organizing Secretary Sri Joydeep Das, to mention a few.



All the speakers stressed that formations such as ‘Hindu Samhati’ are the need of the hour all over the country. Strident protests and massive movements are needed to counter the serious wrongs being done against the Hindu nation in the name of secularism and appeasement.



Sri Pramod Mutalik stressed that there is nothing called ‘Hard Hindutva or Soft Hindutva’, there is only Hindutva and this misguided pursuit of the so called soft Hindutva is forcing the Hindus to remain passive and inactive before dire provocation and aggression. Such inaction is making the Hindus lose their foothold on this land and is creating another ambience for the second partition of India. He reiterated that decisive action is the need of the hour if Hindus want themselves and their children to continue living in this land with honour and security.



In his address to the gathering Swamy Ashimanandaji said Hindus take great pride in their Dharma and derive a great satisfaction in being devout and observant of the rituals and ceremonies. But they forget that the Bhagvad Gita clearly states that resistance to injustice, oppression and aggression is the most exalted of all the dharmik activities. Anything and anybody that threatens the security and integrity of Dharma and the Samaj, should be confronted with an iron resolve. If one loves his/ her dharma one should be willing to do what is necessary to safeguard that object of veneration. He emphasized that it is time that the Hindus turn their attention to the proper injunctions of the Gita and other shastras rather than being immersed in passive rituals and bhajan-kirtans, while their land is being stolen from under their feet and their beloved Dharma is being assaulted with impunity.



In his concluding address Sri Tapan Ghosh stressed that it is a good thing Hindus should be organized but there sadly seems to be an over emphasis on organization and not on necessary action. He said that his 32 year long association as a Pracharak (full time worker) with the largest Hindu organizations of this country has made him realize that unfortunately organization and organizational activities has become a goal in itself, neglecting the dire need of proactive action. People organize themselves for a purpose and if the organization fails to meet and counter the threat that is being posed to the people, then the whole routine of organizing becomes purposeless. To put a stop to the extreme persecution and aggression against the Hindus in the villages and even in the cities, he emphasized, the only way to succor is to take proactive action. Hindus, he said, should stand up and be ready for any sacrifice to protect their hearth, home and honour. He also stressed that apart from the media even Hindu organizations are trying to suppress the incidents of rape, murder and persecution for the fear of being labeled anti-secular. Such a course of action is leading us to disaster. He said that there should be no suppression of the facts but a constant exposure and continuous dissemination of the news of such happenings is needed to awaken the people. Only such a course of action would precipitate the necessary preventive measures.



On a sombre note Sri Ghosh also added that the current situation is fast heading towards another partition of India in the near future and that is going to happen in the eastern region, especially in West Bengal and Assam. If such an event did come to pass, he stressed, he and his compatriots would not just remain mere spectators in the gallery but would be on the field, fighting to the finish to preserve the integrity of our motherland.



Apart from the discussions, the State Committee and the names of some district conveners were also declared in this meeting.



Hindu Samhati



Pictures from the programme on 14th Feb, 2008.







Public gathering at the programme







Public gathering 2







Public gathering 3







Public gathering 4 (a sizable part of the assembly had to



keep standing as all the seats were filled up)









Smt. Himani Savarkar, All India Secretary, Hindu Mahasabha.









Sri Bharat Bhai, Swami Vivekanand Sanskar Kendra, Gujrat







Sri Pramod Mutalik, Chief of Hindu Rashtriya Sena, Karnataka, giving his speech.











Sri Samrat Mondal with his mother, this young boy (14 yrs) was doused with petrol and set alight



when the local Muslims from his village tried to encroach on their land and evict his family from their home.







Sri Samrat Mondal showing his horrific scars to the gathering.



Hindu Samhati

[G.Subramaniam]

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Muslim outrage in Howrah - West Bengal



Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080311/js...005340.jsp



Shops & houses burn, bombs fly in Howrah clash



A STAFF REPORTER



Panchla, March 10: Over 50 shops were set on fire and several houses ransacked as two groups clashed with bombs and stones in a Howrah bazaar this morning.



Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been clamped in Panchla, about 30km from Calcutta.



At least five policemen were injured in the clash and it took over 17 fire tenders about two-and-a-half hours to douse the blaze in several pockets of the sprawling market.



A stone hit district magistrate Khalil Ahmed in the leg when he turned up at the spot. A crude bomb was hurled at superintendent of police N.K. Singh. He had a close shave.



“Things are now under control, “ chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said late in the afternoon.



The clash was the fallout of a trouble yesterday morning when Nasir Mullick turned up at Ashish Parui’s jewellery shop to pawn what he claimed was a gold bangle. Parui realised it was not gold and refused to pay Nasir.



An altercation followed, attracting many local people to the shop. Most of them sided with Parui and one of them hit Nasir on the head, leaving him with a deep cut.



Nasir returned in the evening with 100-odd youths.



The two sides decided to sort out the matter in the presence of village panchayat chief Hafizulla Mullick, who called a traders’ meeting today.



But Nasir lodged a police complaint and Parui was picked up last night. As the word spread, some 200 people surrounded the thana and demanded that either Parui be released or Nasir be arrested.



The shopkeepers dispersed around 2am but took out a procession around 8.30 today.



The marchers were allegedly pelted with stones, triggering the clash.



“Goons joined the streetfight, hurling bombs and setting shops on fire,” the district police chief said.



“We displayed utmost restraint,” he added.



The first police team fled after being outnumbered and reinforcements were called in from North and South 24-Parganas to tackle the situation. Eastern Frontier Rifles and RAF jawans were deployed.



Tarak Koley, 60, and his son Manabendra, 25, were trapped in their first floor home as the shop below was in flames. Firemen rescued them.

[G.Subramaniam]

Ashru : An exhibition on the atrocities against the Hindus of Bangladesh



Hindu Samhati & FACT (Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism - New Delhi) to organise Ashru : An exhibition on the atrocities against the Hindus of Bangladesh.



Hindu Samhati & FACT will organise Ashru (tears), an exhibition on the shocking persecution that has been and is being inflicted against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. The Exhibition shall be held from the 1st till the 6th of April, 2008, at Thakurnagar, on the holy occasion of the birthday of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur - a great social and religious reformer of the 18th century and the founding Guru of the Matuya Sect (a Vaishnav Sect). Every year a huge religious gathering and celebration, involving hundreds of thousands of bhaktas, is organised at Thakurnagar in West Bengal on the occasion of the birthday (Janma tithi) of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur.



Below is the Pamphlet prepared by Hindu Samhati for this exhibition.







English translation of the above leaflet:



HINDU SAMHATI



5, Bhuban Dhar Lane, Kolkata-700012.



On the occasion of the Holy Matuya Gathering at Thakurnagar



HINDU SAMHATI & FACT (NEW DELHI)



(Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism)



Jointly Presents



ASHRU (TEARS): AN EXHIBITION



Subject: The persecuted minorities in our neighbouring state of Bangladesh.



Date: From 1st to 6th April, 2008



Venue: Taltalla More (Crossing), Thakurbari Road, Thakurnagar



INAUGURAL CEREMONY



The Exhibition will be inaugurated by Sri Keshav Rao Dikshit, esteemed Senior Pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.



Chief Guest - Sri Aditya Roy, noted Social Activist



Special Guest - Sri Virendra Chaudhary, Central Convenor, FACT (New Delhi)



EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND



With Regards



Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh



Convenor, Hindu Samhati



Sri Mihir Nag



Jt. Convenor, Hindu Samhati

[G.Subramaniam]

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Barasat erupts after fire in madrasa



Kolkata, April 02

Widespread violence — bordering on the communal — shook parts of North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday after a mysterious fire in a madrasa in Naupara, Barasat sparked allegations of arson.



Demonstrators choked roads, attacked police vehicles and also manhandled senior police officers who were at the spot to rein in the mob. Till reports last came in, a strong contingent, including columns of the Rapid Action force, was manning areas which were still smarting from tension.



The fire took place in the Kharezi madrasa in ward 22 of the Barasat municipality. Locals said the mosque is over 100 years old. Just before the early morning prayers, dissenters said, certain miscreants entered the madrasa and set it on fire. Local residents doused it, but by then several manuscripts and religious material had been burnt, they alleged.



Superintendent of Police, North 24 Parganas, Supratim Sarkar said: "It is difficult to say who is responsible for the fire but we have begun an inquiry. We must first keep the areas calm."



However, the news spread and so did the anger. Long stretches of Jessore Road and Taki Road were blocked in the morning. Later, Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury visited the spot, asking people to restrain themselves and at the same time demanding strict punishment for the guilty.



But by afternoon, the agitation had spilled over on the streets of Naupara, Amdanga, Madhyamgram, Basirhat, Beliaghata and Kahraibari. Protesters also tried to set fire to three police jeeps in Kadambachi. Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Barasat Mrinal Bhattacharya was also attacked.



Sources said the district administration might have got wind of the trouble in the morning, but reacted late. The agitators had become impatient by evening. The first police team reached Kadambachi More on Taki Road a little after 4 pm. It was the also the first to bear the brunt.



Agitators lobbed bricks and stones at the uniformed men, and the police, in turn, resorted to lathhicharge. They also fired two rounds in the air.



By evening, the force had swelled with RAF taking charge at several sensitive areas. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee also toured the affected areas and asked people to maintain harmony.



Source: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/...sa/291890/

[G.Subramaniam]

Saturday, April 12, 2008

HINDU SAMHATI'S EXHBITION - THAKURNAGAR, WEST BENGAL



Hindu Samhati has successfully organised at Thakurnagar, 24 Parganas (N), West Bengal (WB) the Bengali version of FACT's (Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism) exhibition 'Ashru' (tears) on the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh.



The exhibition has been put up in the fair ground of the annual gathering of the members of the Matua community who converge from all over India in festivities at Thakurnagar to honour the cherished memory of their Leader and Guru the great social reformer Sri Sri Harichand Thakur. The exhibition was inaugurated on 1st April 2008 by Shri Keshav Rao Dikshit senior Pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Shri Tathagata Roy – Member BJP National Executive, Shri Ratneshwar Sarkar – General Secretary, All India Refugee Front and Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh – Convenor, Hindu Samhati and the chief organizer of the exhibition spoke on the occasion. Shri P.Veeru Chaudhary, national coordinator of FACT was also present on the occasion.



The exhibition 'pandal' was tastefully decorated with panels depicting graphically the atrocities committed on the Hindus/Buddhists and others by Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists in Bangladesh. With striking captions the selected photographs bring out the condition of extreme insecurity that Hindu women/children/places of worship etc suffer from in Bangladesh, especially after the radicalization of its polity. Over-fifty thousand people have visited the exhibition already, the members of the Matua community who gather for this annual fair could well-relate to the exhibition because they have themselves been victims of displacement and these very atrocities (especially in the massive Hindu exodus of the years 1947-48, 1951, 1964, 1971 and 1992 from the erstwhile East Pakistan and later Bangladesh, due to unspeakable Islamic atrocities). As a matter of fact, in the anti Hindu pogrom in Bangladesh in 2001 (upon which theme this exhibition is based), many of the victims were actually across-the-border relatives and extended family members of the Matua's of West Bengal.



The response has been overwhelming – in six days about 50000 viewers visited the exhibition, with hundreds seeking to establish contact with the organizers. A stall of Nationalist/Hindu literature has also been put up containing informative booklets on the condition of Hindus in WB/India, on the dubiousness of secularism, duplicity of intellectuals, betrayal of Hindus by politicians. Its to be noted that the district where the exhibition is being held is one of those heavily affected by Islamic infiltration from across the border.



The uniqueness of this show is that for the first time an exhibition of international standing, highlighting the plight of persecuted Hindus, has been successfully organised in a district of West Bengal and has received massive and unstinted support from the local people. It is a timely reminder to all those who have been afflicted with the complacent secular malady of co-existence, that when Islamic fundamentalists get in power, they ring the death-knell of that very co-existence, tolerance and harmony. A legendary western historian had commented on societies dying not so much by aggression but by suicide – Hindu Samhati's exhibition starkly raises this question before the Hindus of India in general and of West Bengal in particular – whether they would prefer looking away and thus follow the suicidal path to extermination or would they turn around, consolidate, resist and survive?



That the Hindu Samhati and its disciplined and committed volunteers have indefatigably and single-handedly worked towards organizing this exhibition, raising with great difficulty resources on their own, mobilizing people, laying the exhibition speaks volume of their single-minded dedication to the cause.



Since most of our 'secular' Hindu-baiting media is purposely ignoring the event and 'secular' minority-appeasing politicians are taking umbrage at it being organised successfully, this is an appeal to all like-minded individuals/organizations/groups to give wide publicity to the event & support the issue and the efforts of the Hindu Samhati. It is imperative that a consolidated action be initiated towards protecting the eastern region of Bharat from further disintegration/division and onslaught of 'islamofacsism'. Hindu Samhati's efforts in organising this exhibition is definitely a major step towards that consolidation.



Here are the pix of our Exhibition and the Matua festival:











This is the location (follow the place mark within the red circle) and the yellow line to the right is the Bangladesh border.







Artist's impression of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur (1811-1877)







The Exhibition venue at Thakurnagar







From right: Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Sri Keshav Rao Dikshit and others before the venue.







Sri Keshav Rao Dikshit inaugurating the exhibition by lighting the lamp before the picture of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur.







From left: Shri Jagdish Sarkar (Standing), noted Social Activist, (seated) Shri Mihir Nag, Jt. Convenor, Hindu Samhati, a local lady organiser and Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, with local volunteers.







Inaugeration programme of the Ashru exhibition - seated from the left are Shri Keshav R. Dikshit, Shri Tathagata Roy - noted Political Activist (centre) and Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh (far right).







Shri Popuri Veeru Chaudhary, National Coordinator-FACT and Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Convenor-Hindu Samhati, before the exhibition venue.







Crowds at the exhibiton







Crowds 2







Crowds 3







Crowds 4







Crowds 5







Crowds 6







Does it rekindle some unpleasant memories? [About 90% of the Matua's in West Bengal are refugees from East Pakistan/Bangladesh, victims of successive waves of expulsion through the last six decades.]











Local Sadhus at the Exhibition







Young and old, at the exhibition.



Now the festival - The Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Janmatithi (Birthday) & the Mahabaruni Snan (holy bath):







The main gateway to the festival grounds.







They came in trucks...







And they came on foot...







Thronging the streets...







And praising 'HIS' name.







A pilgrim







The multitude before the Temple.







The Mahabaruni Snan (Holy bath) at the 'Kamna Sagar' lake.







Pilgrims returning from the Holy bath.







The 'Langar' or the communal dining place.







The main Temple at Thakurnagar.



Hindu Samhati and FACT (New Delhi) heartily thanks all their organisers, members, volunteers and the local people and pilgrims at Thakurnagar, whose ceaseless efforts and enthusiastic participation made this exhibition a resounding success. We also extend our heartiest regards to the online community of our readers - may you receive as much satisfaction in viewing this exhibition report as we got in organising it.



Hindu Samhati.



If you want to view the full photo gallery of the festival and exhibition, click the link below:



Thakurnagar Matua Mahamela and ASHRU exhibition.

[G.Subramaniam]

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Islamists Atatcks Hindus in Pilgrimage Site: Hindu Samhati Press Release

FRIENDS OF HINDU SAMHATI

Registered in: New York, USA.

Contact: hindusamhati@gmail.com



June 13, 2008



The Friends of Hindu Samhati, USA unequivocally condemns today's gruesome attack on the Hindu Samhati training camp at Ganga Sagar (West Bengal) by a murderous mob of local Muslims, at least 6000-7000 strong, starting Thursday (June 12, 2008).



Ganga Sagar is a very reknowned Hindu Tirtha Kshetra (Place of Pilgrimage) where the sacred Ganga River has a confluence with the Bay of Bengal. Ganga Sagar is located on the western edge of the Sunderban Delta on Sagar Island. At the edge of Sagar town - adjacent to the beach - is the ancient temple dedicated to Kapil Muni, the sage responsible for initiating the chain of events that ultimately resulted in Mother Ganga descending to the earth from heaven and giving mankind an opportunity to wash away its sins in her pure water. The earliest mention of this sacred place is found in the Mahabharata where a learned sage explains to Bhishma the significance of taking a dip at the confluence of Ganga Sagar. Millions of Hindu pilgrims visit this holy place all year round to take a dip in the ho,y Ganges, particularly during the Kumbha Mela and Makara Sankranti festivities.



Since this morning (Thursday, 12 June, 2008), Hindu Samhati had started conducting a training camp and workshop on the current socio-political scenario to 180 men, women and children in the peaceful and serene surroundings of Ganga Sagar.



Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, the National Convenor of Hindu Samhati is conducting the main sessions of this camp. Other eminent people and local notables are also present. Everything went on smoothly until this evening, when suddenly the camp building was surrounded by a murderous mob of about 6000-7000 local Muslims bent on mayhem. The Muslim attackers were well-prepared and have been throwing gas cylinders and petrol bombs (molotov cocktails) and kept on attacking incessantly for a few hours, to incinerate the whole camp. The entire camp building has been reduced to ashes. All 180 of our camp attendees (a large number of them women and children) and 15 policemen are trapped inside this burning camp along with our dear leader Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh.



Already 14-15 attendees of the camp have been injured in the carnage, and at least 7 of them are in very critical condition and are not expected to survive. The names of the critically wounded include: Subodh Kundu, Bivas Mondal, Gopinath Biswas, Prasenjit Sardar and Gautam Halder, apart from 2 others that could not be identified because of serious facial burn injuries.



Nine camp attendees are still missing and may have been kidnapped by the Muslim mob. Their names are: Gautam Mondal, Kartick Biswas, Ram Shil, Palash Roy, Gopal Dolui, Piyush Senapati, Ashok Das, Shankar Nandi and Subhash Roy. We are very apprehensive about their well being.



The local police-station (Thana) has unfortunately sent in a small posse of 15 policemen who are totally inadequate for resisting such a huge Jehadi mob armed to the teeth. The police could not control the mob of Muslims even after firing several rounds.



As of Friday morning (June 13, 2008), as per the recent information received by us, the assault by the Muslim mob at Hindu Samhati campsite in Gangasagar is still on, although the intensity has abated a little bit. Some more police force has reached the trouble spot, though the large force required to subdue a mob of this size and temperament is nowhere in sight. A recent update by phone from the camp is that along with the 14-15 attendees who were injured, 2 policemen have also been seriously injured due to the assault by the Muslim mob. Scores of other attendees to the camp has sustained minor injuries in this most cowardly assault including the National Convener of Hindu Samhati, Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh. Thankfully his injuries are not serious.



Apart from throwing petrol bombs to incinerate the camp building, the Muslim mob also tried to breach the wall by exploding cooking gas cylinders against it. Failing to break into the camp, the rampaging Muslim mob has attacked and seriously damaged some nearby houses of the local Hindus. They have also seriously damaged and set fire to an adjoining Kali temple and a 'Yatri Nivas' (Travellers' Lodge) run by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The fireball attacks have slightly abated but the vicious threats and stone pelting continues – all attuned to the collective chants of both 'naara-e-takbir, allahu akbar' (allah is the Greatest) and 'inquilab zindabad' (Long Live the Revolution).



Sagar island at the Ganga Sagar – the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal – is one of the holiest pilgrimages of India, where millions of Hindus from all over India and the world gather during the 'Makar Sankranti' (Winter Solstice) for the 'Punya Snan' (Holy Bath) every year. If a peaceful Hindu gathering can be assaulted with such viciousness and impunity in one of the most sacred Hindu sites of pilgrimage, one shudders to think what lies in store for the Hindus of West Bengal a few years hence.



In a travesty of justice, instead of arresting the attackers, the Police in West Bengal have slapped a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and 15 Hindu Samhati activists. The concocted charges against them are listed as being: "Incitement and Instigation for Rioting" and "Disruption of Communal Harmony".



As per the latest news received from the ground, Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and 15 Hindu Samhati activists have been framed and arrested for inciting communal disharmony by Kakdwip Thana (Police Station) in West Bengal.



1) The Friends of Hindu Samhati, USA strongly protests this outrageous attack on a peaceful, indoor religious function that was held behind closed doors. There was no provocation for this vicious assault nor was any outdoor procession held at the location. It is pitiable that the police could not provide security to its peace loving citizens and is instead insisting on closing the camp down.



2) We strongly urge the police and the local administration to arrest all the perpetrators of this heinous crime immediately and provide security to continue the camp at a nearby, alternate location.



3) We deeply deplore the travesty of justice in West Bengal and appeal to the police and the local administration to remove the framed charges and release Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and 15 Hindu Samhati activists immediately.



4) We request all friends and readers in India and abroad to call up the Indian administration to inquire about this incident. At least, they will know that people still care about justice and peace in India. The Numbers to Call are:



a) District Magistrate,

South 24 Parganas

Phone: 033-24793713

Email: dm-ali@wb.nic.in



<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> Mr. Praveen Kumar

District Superintendent of Police,

South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Mobile Phone: 91-98300-23142



c) Ganga Sagar Police-Station/Thana

Officer in ChargePhone:

91-3210-242-555



d) Mr. Tomal Das

Officer in Charge

Kakdwip Thana (Police Station)

Mobile Phone: 98305-99612



e) SubDivisional Police Officer--

Senior to Officer in Charge

Jayanta Banerjee

Phone: 94349-66000

3210-256-535



5) Finally, please show your solidarity with the beleaguered Hindus of West Bengal, and spread the news of this heinous outrage among your friends, co-workers and family.

[G.Subramaniam]

Sagar island at the Gangasagar – the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal – is one of the holiest pilgrimages of India, where millions of Hindus from all over India and the world gather during the ‘Makar Sankranti’ (Winter Solstice) for the ‘punya snan’ or holy bath every year. As per the holy Hindu scriptures, this pilgrimage centre was established more than 2000 years ago by Maharishi Kapil (popularly known as Kapil Muni) the chief proponent of 'Samkhya Darshan' or the Samkhya school of thought within Hindu or Indian theology. This remote island gained popular notice in ancient India when Maharishi Kapil set up his ashram in this distant corner to keep away from the attendant distractions of city or village life and meditate upon the novel theories he was propounding.

Hindu Samhati had planned a 3 day training camp and workshop upon the current socio-political scenario of Eastern India in the serene and peaceful ambience of this island. The camp was scheduled to be conducted from 12th June, 2008 to 15th June, 2008 and would be presided over by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, the National Convener of Hindu Samhati.

















Pic: Sagar Island from the passenger ferry -

The venue of the camp was at the southern end of the island near the Kapil Muni Mandir. There are many rest houses for pilgrims in Sagar island, mostly run by different charities and religious or community trusts. Hindu Samhati had requested the Textile Merchant's Association of Kolkata for the use of their rest house or 'yatri nivas' and the association had most graciously offered their premises as a venue for the camp.

















Pic: The Pilgrim's Rest House (Yatri Nivas) of the Calcutta Textile Merchant's Association.

The camp commenced in the afternoon of the 12th of June and was attended by a well disciplined and extremely enthusiastic group of about 170 people. The majority of the attendees were young men with a sprinkling of some older gentlemen. A group of about 12 ladies and some children were also present.

The first session session went extremely well. The session commenced with the recitation of Vedic mantras and then speeches were made by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and other notables.















Pic: Attendees during the first session of the camp.

















Pic: Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, National Convener of Hindu Samhati, delivering his speech.



















Pic: Attendees going for a dip in the Sangam and a visit to the Mandir of Kapil Muni.

After afternoon tea, the camp attendees decided to take a holy dip at the sangam (confluence) and pay their obeisance at the temple of Kapil Muni, which is a short walk away from the venue.

Trouble started when they were returning from the sangam. Being young and enthusiastic some of them raised slogans of 'Jai Sri Ram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and many others joined in. Surprisingly a number of Muslim cycle van drivers (and we have it on good authority that most of them are Bangladeshi infiltrators who have been sneaking in for the past few years), who ply their trade of transporting pilgrims around the mandir, took a serious exception and menacingly set upon the Hindu Samhati members. They roundly abused the HS members in a most threatening language and insisted that slogans like 'Jai Sri Ram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' cannot be raised in Gangasagar! They maintained that these slogans are anti Islamic and it offends their religious sentiment! It belabours the intellect of even the most gullible as to how does raising one's voice in the praise of God and motherland offends Islam!

















Pic: Fire in one corner of the building caused by petrol soaked fire bombs

Quite naturally the Hindu Samhati members told them off and an altercation ensued. The seniors among the group immediately intervened and tried to placate the situation. They asked both the parties to go their own way in peace. Unfortunately the Muslims proved implacable and the situation took a turn for the worse when some of them passed some lewd comments at the ladies of the group. The younger members of the group were furious but yet again the seniors intervened and somehow placated the situation. But threatening words flew even as the Hindu Samhati members began to walk back towards the venue. This happened at around 7 pm in the evening.

















Pic: Fire started by petrol bombs raging in the kitchen.

After returning as the Hindu Samhati members were preparing for the next session, a great commotion ensued. As they ran out to see what was happening they witnessed a violent and murderous mob of about 1000 Muslims approaching. The mob was led by Sheikh Ismail, the CPI(M) backed President of the Sagar Panchayet Samity, Sukdev Panda, CPI(M) member of the Gangasagar Gram Panchayet and Malay Kayal, CPI(M) member of the South 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad representing Dakshin Sagar. Shouting slogans and hurling the foulest of abuses the mob tried to barge into the building and practically storm the place. Taken aback by the suddenness of the attack the Hindu Samhati members fell back. While the seniors tried to placate the attackers and restore normalcy, the leaders of the mob accused them of disrupting communal harmony and trying to instigate a riot. By now the mob was baying for blood, brickbats flew in like a hailstorm as cries of 'Nara-e-taqdir, Allahu Akbar' and 'inquilab zindabad' rent the air. At this juncture the mob broke down the gate and tried to force their way in uttering blood curdling threats of massacring everyone inside. Parts of the mob also fanned out towards the villages to gather more of their brethren. As a matter of fact, our fact finding team, which went to the spot a day later, heard from the locals that microphones in the mosques were used to drum up a mini jihad and call the faithful to war.

















Pic: Policemen helping in dousing the flames.

In the meantime the Sagar Police Station had been intimated and a posse of 14 to 15 policemen arrived. However the Muslim mob had now surged to around 4000-5000 and practically laid a seige to the camp building. The small group of policemen were woefully inadequate to tackle a murderous mob that size although they lathi-charged and even fired 3-4 rounds in the air. But the Muslims took no heed of police warnings and stormed ahead. Totally unable to quell the mob, the police now fell back inside the building.

By this time the gate of the building had been forced open and the mob tried to storm in. Brickbats were raining in and a muslim mob nearly 5000 strong armed with lathis, iron rods and a vareity of sharp weapons laid a seige to the building. Fearing for their lives and even more apprehensive about the fate of the ladies, if the mob could reach them, the members now fought back desperately. Some of them rushed out with some cots to barricade the open gate while others threw back the hundreds of bricks and stones that rained upon them. Being totally unarmed, without even a broken stick, this was the only way they could defend themselves. By this time about 15 members had fallen down with serious injuries due to brickbats and lathi blows they received in trying to defend the gate. 4 or 5 of them were unconscious from severe head injuries. Two policemen had also fallen down due to head injuries resulting from direct hits with brickbats.















Pic: Camp members plying the water pump for dear life.

Unable to breach through the gate the mob of Muslims now tried a different tack. They started to break open the windows by hurling iron rods at them. Then they doused balls of cloth in petrol, set them alight and threw those fireballs inside the building to roast alive those who were trapped inside. Petrol bombs were made of small bottles filled with petrol, these too were set alight and hurled inside (remember Godhra?). Some of the more imaginative and enterprising of the Muslims dragged in a LPG cylinder and tried to explode it against the wall of the building. It was through God's grace they were unsuccessful otherwise there would have been a severe carnage.

Meanwhile inside the building the boys and the remaining policemen were frantically trying to douse the fires. They were pumping for dear life at the installed tubewell inside the premises and doused bucket loads of water on the petrol fire, rushing through the chocking black smoke. Unfortunately, as they were untrained















Pic: Injured policeman.

in the methods of dealing with petrol fires, the fire spread even faster as the petrol floated over the water.

The fire could only be contained when somebody urged them to choke the fire with wet blankets and moist earth from the potted plants in the compound.

By this time it was around 10:30 to 11:00 pm. As all their attempts of storming the building was meeting with failure, the crowd grew ever more furious and began to vent their anger and frustration else where. A number of neighbouring Hindu homes were assaulted and looted. Another Yatri Nivas, run by the VHP, was broken into, looted and set on fire. Though this building was 300 metres away from camp venue and had absolutely nothing to do with the Hindu Samhati training camp.

















Pic: The injured in the Sri Vishuddhanand Hospital, Kolkata.

While this mayhem was going on members inside desperately tried to reach the police and administrative apparatus of the state and their other members and sympathisers outside through their mobile phones. Even though they received the calls the response of the administration especially that of the Superintendent of Police, South 24 Parganas, was dithering and lackadaisical. It was when the frantic calls for help reached other members and sympathisers in Kolkata, phone calls and emails began to rush out and kept rushing out throughout the night, to all corners of India and the world. Friends were rudely aroused from there well deserved sleep and asked to help. The busy office schedules of NRI sympathisers in the far corners of the world were severely disrupted as they were asked to organise assistance and spread the word of this outrage. And Hindus responded. Throughout India and the world. Phones kept ringing, the powers that be in Delhi was nudged and prodded and the need for immediate and affirmative action was stressed through various channels.

It was the pressure of opinion, the mounting Hindu outrage and anger and maybe the fear of severe repercussions if any casualties took place, that whipped the lethargic state machinery into action. By 1:30 am a large police force including a battalion of RAF had reached. The Muslim miscreants tried to put up roadblocks they were beaten down. The police then reached the venue and dispersed the seige of the camp building.

This was by no means the end of things. The Government which dragged its foot in providing speedy assistance to the beleaguered attendees of the camp - whose lives were in danger - now brazenly enacted another travesty of law and justice. The assaulters, who were bent on committing murder and mayhem, were allowed to hold an all party peace and communal harmony meeting on the spot! While the innocent organisers and attendees of the Hindu Samhati camp who had been peaceful, unarmed and victims of the most violent and blood thirsty assault, had their camp and workshop cancelled. The Hindu Samhati members were immediately whisked away by the police and forcibly removed from the island. The more seriously injured were rushed to Kolkata and has been admitted to Sri Vishuddhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital.

15 members of Hindu Samhati were arrested by the police and produced in Kakdwip court on the 13th of June, 2008. The police slapped completely baseless cases on them under various sections of the IPC like 'incitement to rioting and disruption of communal harmony', 'carrying illegal arms', 'attempt to murder', etc. In court bail was denied to them on the 13th and 13 of them were remanded to Judicial custody. While Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, The National Convener of Hindu Samhati and Sri Sundar Gopal Das was remanded to Police custody. Both of them are now in Kakdwip Police Station. All of them would again be produced in court on the 17th of June.

A fact finding team of Hindu Samhati visited Sagar Island on the 14th of June. They visited the trouble spots and met with the police. They witnessed that the fire in the VHP run yatri nivas was still smouldering even after one and a half days. The report of our team would be uploaded as soon as it is finalised.

At the end of this lengthy and painful report we really wonder if a peaceful Hindu gathering can be assaulted with such viciousness and impunity in one of the most sacred Hindu sites of pilgrimage, one shudders to think what lies in store for the Hindus of West Bengal a few years hence!

Pic: The Yatri Nivas run by VHP in Sagar still burning.

Pic: Smoke billowing out of the windows.

Pic: The burnt out shell of a portion of the Yatri Nivas.

Pic: These cots were meant for poor pilgrims who cannot afford hotels.

Pic: Broken furniture after the ransack.

Pic: Huge stock of mattresses, blankets and quilts meant for the pilgrims - still burning.

Pic: Fire in the pilgrim's kitchen, unfortunately not for preparing a meal.

(Next instalment - the report of our fact finding team.)

Hindu Samhati.

Posted by Hindu Samhati at 8:37 PM

[G.Subramaniam]

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Another outrage in Bengal - Hindu Monk of Ramakrishna Order stripped and beaten mercilessly for Ashram land.

A panic may strike now the common Hindu people for the ongoing incidents of South Bengal for the last two months when the CPI(M), the ruling party of the state tasted a bad defeat by losing the muslim support in this region through Panchayet election. When the wining force of All India Trinamul congress (AITMC known as TMC), is considering all the prime posts for the muslim minorities in every stage of Panchayet system, the losing CPIM has already adopted the way of direct torture against hindu people out of any situation for winning the heart of muslim people and to regain the muslim support by giving various packages to the muslim minority.

On June 12, 2008 one Muslim leader of CPI(M) Sk. Ismail initiated the attack upon Hindu pilgrims in Gangasagar with the help of some 3000 fanatical muslim mob. Now they have tried to capture the Gorerhat Ramakrishna Ashram Campus by attempting murder of Swami Punnyalokanandaji, the Adhyaksha (in-charge) of the religious unit at Gorerhat under Joynagar P.S. South 24 Pgs, some 80 km from Kolkata.. Revered Swamiji is a hindu activists and social reformer who was initiated in monkshood by His Holiness Swami Gambhiranandaji Maharaj, the 11th President of Ramakrishna Math & Mission , Belur, Howrah. Swami Punyalokananda took the charge of Gorerhat Ramakrishna Ashram (a small service center) some years back for the betterment of the local poor & underprivileged people. Swamiji was trying hard to start a coaching center for the primary school boys and a homeopathic dispensary in the ashram. But two leaders of local CPI(M) Party, Arabinda Mondal & Md. Abur Ali( husband of the sister of Arabinda) had a planning to operate an unauthorized country liquor shop within a tea stall by capturing two rooms of the said Ashram. This was stopped by the Swamiji after taking some steps through police & administration in early days. And for this Arabinda, his wife and sister and also Md Abur Ali were jointly finding a scope to drive out Swamiji from Ashram or even to murder him anyway.



















Swami Punyalokananda tied to a tree and severely beaten. (Pic Courtesy NDTV)

On July 08,’08,the Swami was beaten ruthlessly tied to a tree by the aforesaid CPIM leaders. The Swami just tried to erect a pillar to protect the ashram fence, after offering his morning prayer. The existing pillar was destroyed by the CPIM goons in the night before. The electronic media of Bengal telecast the ghastly sight of severe bodily assault upon a senior monk after stripping off his saintly robes.























Local villagers untying Swamiji (Pic courtesy NDTV)

The Police came to the spot when the Swami was senseless and the CPIM & Muslim fanatics had satisfied themselves by barbaric torture of a peaceful Hindu Monk. The Police admitted the Swamiji in nearby Padmer Hat Rural hospital, but did not arrest a single culprit who caused this murderous assault upon Swami Punnyalokananda. Although all of them are well known locally. Swamiji had many injuries in whole body including scull. A police case was registered by Joynagar Police Station on 08/07/08 vide P.S Case No.168/08 after a dairy registered by the Swamiji.





















Needs no comment

Afterwards some devotees of Swamiji took him at SSKM (PG) Hospital, Kolkata for better treatment on 09.07.08. C.T Scan of Brain & other speciality treatment was done there. Swamiji is now out of danger. Swamiji also personally met the District Magistrate & Superintendent of Police, South 24 Pgs., for appropriate action. But the endangered situations for Hindus prevail everywhere in Bengal for the inaction of Police, Administration and obviously for the unaccounted torture upon Hindus by all the secular Parties. The nexus of Political parties, Police, Administration and the Muslim fundamentalist Pressure groups are very much active to eliminate any protest.























Swami Punyalokananda at the SSKM Hospital, Kolkata. (HS team pic)























Swami Punyalokananda at the SSKM Hospital, Kolkata. (HS team pic)























A Hindu Samhati team talking with Swamiji at the SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.

Newly established HINDU SAMHATI and some other prime Hindu Organisations are trying hard to change the situation of endless torture upon Hindus in Bengal. Can Hindus of Bengal survive without joining Hindu Organisations, only relying upon pro-muslim Political Parties for their own fate?



This report was compiled by Sri Upananda Brahmachari of Hindu Samhati.[ brahmachari.upananda(at)gmail.com]

Posted by Hindu Samhati at 10:53 AM

[G.Subramaniam]

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Hindu Samahti's Silent March against Terror

A HUGE SILENT RALLY/MARCH



will be organised by



HINDU SAMHATI



In Protest of



CONTINUING JEHADI TERROR ATTACKS



Gathering at : Collage Square, Kolkata



On 1st August,2008,Friday, at 1.00 pm



March will end at METRO CHANNEL, Esplanade.



Memorandum will be submitted to The Governor of West Bengal.



All are invited to join the SILENT MARCH and make it a success.

Posted by Hindu Samhati at 10:28 AM

[G.Subramaniam]

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Hindu Samhati's Silent March Against Terror - Success in the Red Bastion



As we had intimated before, Hindu Samhati under the leadership of Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh organised a Silent March along the streets of Kolkata. It might be said with all humility the that the massive response it generated from the Hindu masses of Bengal and the spontaneity of the response has left us surprised. The March commenced from the gates of the famous Calcutta University and ended at Esplanade - the centre of the City. In its course the March traversed through nearly two thirds of down town Kolkata and everywhere people lined up along the footpath, in a silent expression of their solidarity with the marchers.

In a meeting before the Hindu Samhati team had already decided that the March against terror blasts throughout India would be a silent one. Silent because there is nothing more to say. If the random deaths from Jihadi terrorism of more than 30,000 of innocent Indian citizens, soldiers and other security personnel throughout the last decade could not spur the government of India into action; it may be safely assumed that the honourable government of India has ceased to respond to anything resembling a call of duty. Maybe (and we are hoping against hope here) an expression of silent scorn and contempt by a massed citizenry could shame it into action. And the common people of Bengal and Kolkata affirmed their solidarity. Kolkata - the Red Bastion of the East, the capital of flamboyant secularism, the safe secular heaven and the covert jump-off base of the Jihadis from Bangladesh and Pakistan, Indian Jihad's unguarded backdoor to the world. And this time Kolkata witnessed a strong and silent gathering of Hindus which may be said to be the largest since the days of the Ramjanmabhoomi Movement. Maybe the sleepy and forgetful Hindu of Bengal has had enough.



At Espalnade the marchers and the public was addressed by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and other leaders of Hindu Samhati. After that an eight member team of Hindu Samhati went to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's House) to submit a memorandum against the horrible spectre of Jihadi terrorism that is trying to rip our motherland apart.



The full text of the Memorandum is given below, after the pictures of the Silent March.

















Youth of Hindu Samhati gathers for the March















Opposite Calcutta University

Sri Tapan Ghosh has a discussion with the Marchers

The March begins

Banner trans: Silent March to end Jihadi Terror

Banner trans: Stop Kolkata-Dhaka busses and trains, stop importing terror.

Marchers of Hindu Samhati - before the Kolkata Municipal HQ

March goes through downtown Kolkata

Banner trans: After how much blood shall the Government assume the duty of securing the lives of its citizens?

Sri Tapan Ghosh exhorting the Marchers

Culmination - at Esplanade

Young leaders of Hindu Samhati addressing the public meet.

Banner trans: Hang Afzal Guru (of the parliament attack infamy) immediately.

Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh addressing the Marchers and the public at Esplanade.

The Memorandam presented by Hindu Samhati to the Honourable Governor of West Bengal Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi:

Date: 01/08/2008



MEMORANDUM

[G.Subramaniam]

Friday, October 10, 2008

HUJI & SIMI'S THREATENING LETTER TO SWAMI PRADIPTANANDA

The leading Hindu monk of Murshidabad district Swami Pradiptanandaji Maharaj has received a threatening letter from the Murshidabad unit of HUJI and SIMI. With filthy language they have threatened Swamiji to stop his activity. Otherwise he will be killed. They also ordered in this letter, to all Durgapuja committees of Beldanga town, where Swamiji's Ashram is situated, to stop Durgapuja next year as the sound of these Pujas vitiate their body and soul and disturb their Namaz. If they don't obey the order then all the pandals will see bloodbath. District administration took the letter seriously and increased security arrangements in the Ashram. But at the same time it has restricted Swamiji's movement.

Swamiji, popularly known as Kartick Maharaj, is a monk of Bharat Sevashram Sangha and he is the President of Beldanga Ashram. He runs 'seva projects' in Murshidabad district. In one of his centers at Chanak near Baharampur in Murshidabad district, 400 tribal girls get education with fooding and lodging facilities.

He is prominent member of Advisory Council of Hindu Samhati. He was main speaker in the inaugeral function of Hindu Samhati on 14 February this year at Kolkata.

Murshidabad district is Muslim majority district. According to 2001 Census Report, out of total 26 development blocks of the district, 25 blocks are Muslim majority. The only block with Hindu majority, namely Barwan block has a Muslim population of 40 percent. One can imagine the plight of the Hindus in this district.

[G.Subramaniam]

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Kali Puja Procession attacked in Uluberia, Howrah

On 31st October, evening, an immersion procession of Kalipuja, organized by several local clubs of Uluberia, subdivisional town of Howrah district, was proceeding with drums and music. At Bhakta crossing near Uluberia railway station local Muslims objected to the procession saying they will not allow it to pass by their mosque. As Hindus in the procession protested and resisted, there was scuffle. The Muslim goons demolished the Hindu shops on the station road. 4 Hindus were severely injured and admitted to Uluberia General Hospital. One of them, Sri Debashish Das, is fighting for his life. When the agitated Hindus started a peaceful demonstration the police came and arrested 3 Hindus and 2 Muslims. A case was registered against 61 Hindus. All of them will have to surrender before the district Court and take bail. The very next day on 1st November morning, Muslims gathered in a large number and blocked the road for 4 hours. The police, RAF, the Inspector in charge of Uluberia police station, the SDO, all stood helplessly and took no action to lift the roadblock. The Muslims threatened that next time they will not allow any immersion procession with Hindu idols to pass by their masjid. Duly alarmed, the Hindus attempted to submit a memorandum to the SDO and IC but they sternly refused to accept. Being turned away by the forces of Law, 22 local Hindu clubs held a joint meeting and discussed for their next course of action. Today again members of 30 Hindu clubs gathered and resolved that they will take the immersion procession of Jagaddhatri Puja through the same route on 8th November. The situation is very tense. The administration is trying to suppress the Hindu outrage simply because they are absolutely unable to contain Muslim reaction. Maybe it’s the Lok Sabha Elections in the first half of 2009 that is the cause for this administrative paralysis. Now as the Parliamentary elections are near the Muslims can clearly bargain their votes against mayhem and disorder.



It must be mentioned here that this is the place/town where local left front MLA, now a minister, Robin Ghosh, a few years back led thousands of local armed Muslims and snatched 100 Bangladeshi infiltrators from Mumbai Howrah train who were being escorted by the Maharashtra Police to be handed over to the BSF for pushing back into Bangladesh. The infiltrators were then allowed to melt into the local Muslim population. The Left Front made him a minister.



On 19th October, 2008, in this very Uluberia town, Puja ghosh (16) was molested by the Muslim goons led by one antisocial Ala Sheikh, when she was going home after attending a VHP camp at nearby Sarada Shishu Mandir. In fact the whole of Howrah district is now a disturbed zone for the Hindus. Countless incidents are taking place every day in both rural and urban areas of this district.

[G.Subramaniam]

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The full text of threatening letter of HUJI & SIMI



The full text of the letter of HUJI( Harkat ul Jehadi Islam) & SIMI( Students Islamic Movement of India) threatening Swami Pradiptanandaji(Kartik Maharaj), In-Charge, Bharat Sevashram Sangha,Beldanga Branch,Murshidabad Dist.,West Bengal, India.



" On behalf of HUJI & SIMI, Beldanga thana committee we are to convey that we have received your printed leaflet addressed to the Hindu people. In this connection just telling you that you are doing your job at your own choice being a head of Hindus here. Don't you know that we the Muslims of Beldanga are 80% of the total population here,so we give you the warning that there will be no DURGA PUJA in this area henceforth anyway. Because we face a severe problem for performing our religious Namaz for 7 or 8 days due to the sound of loud speaker and tremendous noise of public gathering. We can not manage to submit our Namaz to our Allaha Tallah. For this reason our body and mind get impurities and subsequently we are turned questionable to Allah and His Servants at the time of Qyamat for hearing the sound of Drums and Trumpets. So, you must convey this Order of Stopping Durga Puja to all Puja Committees of Beldanga area within this month of Rooja (fasting). Otherwise you should be prepared for getting highest punishment at the time of next Puja for flouting this Order !! Then there will be only bloodshed and numbers of dead body of yours in every Puja Pandals. Get ready for tremendous torture... We will show our actual strength everywhere in Beldanga. Nobody can stop us even with the help of Police and Administration. Then we shall see you the eventualities. You can not save the situation of Murshidabad with the help of some beggars residing at your Ashram. WE.. WILL.. CONVERT YOUR.. ASHRAM.. AS.. A.. MADRASHA.. IN.. ONE.. DAY. Inshallah.

Directed by District HUJI & SIMI Organisations and Beldanga Thana Committee of SIMI . Received by Beldanga Bharat Sevashram Sangha on 05/10/2008 by Post

[G.Subramaniam]

Uluberia - Muslim mob obstructs Jagaddhatri Puja procession, police beat up Hindus.

Uluberia, Howrah District, West Bengal

A most alarming and depressing followup on our report on Uluberia. As our readers would remember there was an obstruction and scuffle with local Muslims regarding the passage of the Kali Puja immersion procession in Uluberia town, Howrah district. Then the local Muslims had threatened that they would not allow the coming Jagaddhatri Puja procession to pass before their mosque. 30 local clubs had convened a meeting to discuss this threat and decided that Hindus would not bow down to threats and the immersion procession of Jagaddhatri Puja immersion would follow the same route it takes every year. As the matter came to pass - Muslims have succeeded, of course with the generous help of the most obliging West Bengal Police.



The problem began with the Dakbangla Sarbajanin Jagaddhatri Puja (Old) of Ward no.4 of Uluberia town. The members of the Puja Committee belong to either the CPM or the Forward Block. Every year the immersion procession goes through the main street of the town but this year there was some problems with the local Muslims during Kali Puja. The Muslims threatened that they won’t allow the procession to pass before their mosque at Bhaktar More (crossing). 30 local clubs united to declare that they shall take the procession through the same route they follow every year.



On 4th November, 2008, the local MLA and Left Front minister Robin Ghosh of the Forward Block convened a meeting in the area and promised that the procession would be allowed to go through the regular route. But on November 8 morning, the day of immersion, the Sub Divisional Officer and Santu Ghosh, the Vice Chairman (Forward Block) of the Uluberia Municipality threatened the Dakbangla Puja Committee that no procession must cross the Goruhata More (a Muslim locality comes before Bhaktar More – where the masjid is located).



On that day, 8 November, the members of the 30 clubs and a few thousand local Hindus gathered for the Immersion Procession. But the Puja Committee – getting cold feet – declined to take out any procession. Fighting broke out immediately between the Puja committee and the locals, who insisted that the procession must be taken out. A huge police force appeared immediately (the Committee members must have prearranged this with the police and the Municipal authorities, as the police in West Bengal take their own sweet time even for murders and arson) and without any warning lathi charged the Hindus and dispersed them. Many of the gathered were seriously injured. The Puja Committee silently and stealthily immersed the Image in the Ganga – without a procession.



At the same time thousands of Muslims had blocked the road near Bhaktar More, in front of the Masjid, to obstruct the coming Jagaddhatri procession. But the police force present there, simply looked on and did nothing.



At Bazarpara, there was a new and small Jagaddhatri Puja of Rupantar Club. The police, led by the Inspector-in-Charge of the Uluberia PS - Rezzak Mollah, threatened and misbehaved with the Puja committee, without any provocation, and forced them to immerse the Image of the Mata in the nearby canal rather than the Ganga.



End result – no procession. Even a Left Front minister could not keep his promise. Maybe it’s the Lok Sabha Elections in 2009. Or maybe it’s a foretaste of the days to come in West Bengal, redolent of the days of the League Ministry in ’46. And the innocents and babes-in-the-woods of the media wonder why the Hindus, all over India, are taking to the warpath!

[G.Subramaniam]

Friday, November 21, 2008

Muslim mob prevents Hindus from building a Kali Temple in their own land

Saturday, Sept 16, 2008, Beldanga, Murshidabad, W Bengal, India



Hindu families in Beldanga, West Bengal failed to get law enforcement support to build a Kali Temple in their own land.



Nearly two thousand Muslims threatened to riot and destroy property, unless Hindus withdrew their plans to build a Kali temple on property donated by the local Hindu families. Reports suggest that even though the temple would have been more than half a mile away from the nearest Islamic building or neighborhood, Muslim community members could not be convinced to agree to the temple. The local Hindu community leaders have decided to take the matter to higher authorities.



http://www.hindusamhati.org/

[G.Subramaniam]

Friday, November 28, 2008

Hindu Morale Broken in Bhagalpur

NDA/JDU/BJP arrests Hindu leaders in Bihar to Appeal to the Muslim Vote-Bank



A city named Bhagalpur in Bihar suddenly appeared on news headlines in 1989. The reason: the infamous Bhagalpur riots. In the following article, we look back at that incident and evaluate how the implications are still affecting the Hindu population of that state.



In 1989, following the Ram Shila installation events in neighboring state of U.P, a large group of Muslim activists attacked and ransacked Parbati, an area inhabited by Hindu students and youths, killing over 100 Hindu boys and injuring hudreds more.



Thousands of Hindus had to leave Parbati at that time, due to the extreme conditions created by the well-planned Islamist nexus operating for the last 30 years in Bihar.



The police appeared virtually ineffective to counter the carnage, and in an effort to contain the situation and also in panic, a local group of Hindus under the leadership of one Kameshwar Yadav, built up a resistance force to stop the one-way pogrom. This vigilante group attacked one of Eastern India's Islamist hubs, named Tatarpur, known as an area of Muslim extremism. The one-way pogrom in Parbati was followed by a riot resulting in the deaths of several Islamic strong-men and many innocent lives, both Muslim and Hindu.



The RJD government which ruled Bihar for over 15 years, realizing the sensitivity and delicateness of the Bhagalpur situation had tried to keep the situation in balance by not pressing charges against members of either religious community. At the same time, the RJD leadership was accused of being involved in the multi-million dollar animal fodder scam and fell out of favor of the Bihari populace. In 2005 Nitish Kumar's coalition of JDU and BJP swept the elections on the campaign promise of arresting those involved in the fodder scam.



CM Kumar has not been able to fulfill his promise at all, and his ministry have shown no indication of ever doing so in the last 3 years. Instead, his JDU/BJP government has arrested Kameshwar Yadav and his associates for inciting the riots after facing severe pressure from Islamic fundamentalist elements. On the other side, no action has been taken against the Muslim activists who initiated the riots with their vitriolic one-way pogrom.



The BJP, once known as a pro-Hindu party is steadily losing support locally among the frustrated Hindu population, who feel betrayed and cheated by the party and constitute well over 70% of the voter base.



Editor's Comment:

The actions of the NDA-JDU/BJP government has empowered and energized the fundamentalist forces in the Muslim community to further radicalize the Muslim youth in Bhagalpur and Bihar. As the residents here have stated, the Islamic extremists have succeeded in coaxing the Muslims in Champanagar area of Bhagalpur to build a taller mosque than the highest Hindu Manasa temple in that locality just to spite the local Hindu population. The JDU/BJP government has not been able to fulfill its main campaign promise of persecuting the fodder scam victims, but has only satisfied the whims of the Muslim fanatic groups to curry favor with them for the next election

[G.Subramaniam]

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Pakistani Flag Burnt in Kolkata in Powerful Rally by Hindu Samhati

Kolkata, Dec 3 (PTI)





A Pakistani flag was burnt by hundreds of protesters in this metropolis today to condemn Islamabad's alleged hand in the Mumbai terror attacks.



The protesters, who took out the procession in College Street under the banner of 'Hindu Samhati', spat and kicked the flag before burning it and shouted slogans against the Pakistani government.



They also demanded that the Centre act immediately to "teach Pakistan a lesson once and for all".



The terrorists came not to shatter our economy but to shatter our nation, the protesters said, alleging that the November 26 attack had once again established involvement of Pakistan and jihadis.



The protesters later observed a minute's silence in memory of those killed in the audacious attacks. PTI.

[G.Subramaniam]

Monday, December 8, 2008

The Hindu Reaction in Sandeshkhali

Date

Mid Nov 2008

Occasion

During the Jagaddhatri Puja ( A form of Hindu Goddess Durga – Worshipped in parts of Bengal, India)

Venue

In a remote village of Rajbari under the jurisdiction of Sandeshkhali police station in the district of North 24 Parganas.

Description of Incident

Common hindu families like every year were celebrating the festival and performing puja. The local Trinamool Congress leader Ranjit Das who is also the Head of the Block, called local police and forced them to stop the puja in the middle. The motive behind is believed to be making a pro-muslim image among the muslim neighborhood keeping in view the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Reaction

The next day all local hindus felt insulted and shocked at the event. They came out in large numbers which turned into a huge procession. It took the shape of the real festival which people wished to celebrate the previous day. It was a common anger and frustration which was seen in the eyes of the common people. It was a spectacular scene of people from all walks of life joining together to burn the effigy of Ranjit Das. Interesting part of it is that people took the procession through the streets of the hamlet with the effigy garlanded with shoes, which was a great hit. At every crossing more and more people joined in. Afterall that is the most which a common man can do against a powerful man like him. It is learnt that he had accomplices in past, in cases of international drug and ammunition trafficking through the porous Sunderban Deltas.