RSS chief’s visit to US denounced as ‘goodwill tour’ for Hindu nationalism
An event in New York City featuring a prominent Hindu nationalist is being promoted as an invitation to send a positive message that “the world is one family”. But an array of faith groups, advocacy organisations and unprivileged-caste organisations say they are not convinced.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Overseas outreach Advocates say that Hindu nationalist groups are working to expand their influence in the United States, where roughly 2.5 million Hindus live.
- Fact 2: The RSS is widely considered the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has ruled India since 2014 and sought to remake the country along Hindu nationalist lines.
- Fact 3: In remarks to the 2024 National Conservatism Conference in Washington, DC, BJP Vice President Ram Madhav said that conservatives in the West should view India as an example of how to defeat what he called the “left, liberal, Marxist, radical Islamist cabal”.
- Fact 4: In September 2019, for instance, the prime minister addressed a crowd of 50,000 at a “Howdy, Modi!” rally in the state of Texas.
An event in New York City featuring a prominent Hindu nationalist is being promoted as an invitation to send a positive message that “the world is one family”. But an array of faith groups, advocacy organisations and unprivileged-caste organisations say they are not convinced.
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