Monday, June 15, 2026
ADVT 
India

Now, VHP, Bajrang Dal claim Hindu migration from Agra localities

Darpan News Desk IANS, 20 Jun, 2016 10:56 AM
    Local leaders of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal on Monday demanded a probe into what they called was the "migration of nearly a hundred families" from Agra localities with considerable population of Muslims.
     
    Sunil Parashar of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad said there was a systematic plan at work to force the Hindus to sell their properties and leave Muslim mohallas. 
     
    The VHP has already submitted a memorandum along with the lists of families as well as the localities where this strategy was at work, VHP leaders said.
     
    Bajrang Dal leader Premendra Jain said: "Year after year, this trend has been visible. Hindus living in houses adjoining those of Muslims have been under tremendous pressure to leave. Adverse conditions have been created to make their living difficult." 
     
    While the district authorities have so far not reacted to the demand, Muslim leaders maintained those who sold their properties did it for profit and had other places to go. 
     
    Many families shifted out of the city for work or business development, they said.
     
    Muslim leaders too criticised the VHP leaders for needlessly raking up a controversy to spoil communal amity.
     
    The local Samajwadi Party leaders too rejected the contention and claimed there was an effort by the Hindutva groups to polarise voters ahead of the 2017 assembly polls. 
     
    Earlier this month, BJP MP Hukum Singh had claimed mass exodus of Hindu families from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district. 
     
    On June 14, he released a second list of 63 persons, apart from that of 346 persons earlier, who he claimed had fled from neighbouring Kandhala. 
     
    He maintained that these people fled due to "threats and extortion by criminal elements belonging to a particular community". 

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Taking IT Route, Haryana Gets Better Of Graft, Touts

    Taking IT Route, Haryana Gets Better Of Graft, Touts
    Revenue or tehsil offices in states are dreaded by most people as they bring to mind images of corruption, harassment and never-ending queues. But in Haryana, thanks to use of information technology (IT), a quiet change is taking place.

    Taking IT Route, Haryana Gets Better Of Graft, Touts

    Baby Survives Falling On To Rail Tracks After Indian Mother Gives Birth In Moving Train's Toilet

    Baby Survives Falling On To Rail Tracks After Indian Mother Gives Birth In Moving Train's Toilet
    A baby boy delivered inside a toilet of a train by a woman slipped through the flush pipe and fell on railway track but survived miraculously in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, a railway police official said Monday.

    Baby Survives Falling On To Rail Tracks After Indian Mother Gives Birth In Moving Train's Toilet

    Withdraw 'Objectionable' Fevikwik Ad: Hindu Group

    Withdraw 'Objectionable' Fevikwik Ad: Hindu Group
    The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Monday demanded immediate withdrawal of the "objectionable" advertisement for an adhesive aired on various TV channels depicting an Indian jawan fixing the shoes of a Pakistani soldier and an apology from the manufacturer for the "extremely tasteless" ad.

    Withdraw 'Objectionable' Fevikwik Ad: Hindu Group

    Entered Politics To Serve The City, Not For Power: Bedi

    Entered Politics To Serve The City, Not For Power: Bedi
    Accepting full responsibility for the BJP's crushing defeat in the Delhi assembly elections, the party's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi Monday said she opted for politics "not for position or power but for serving the city".

    Entered Politics To Serve The City, Not For Power: Bedi

    Roses, Wine And Dine: Indians Celebrate Valentine Day With Fervour

    Roses, Wine And Dine: Indians Celebrate Valentine Day With Fervour
    Couples smiling, walking hand-in-hand, holding bouquets of red roses or bags with gifts and wearing a smile were a common sight across cafes, eateries and streets across India on Valentine's Day, which was celebrated fervently by youngsters Saturday, despite strict warning from Hindu fringe groups.

    Roses, Wine And Dine: Indians Celebrate Valentine Day With Fervour

    Arvind Kejriwal Promises Corruption-free Delhi, End 'VIP Culture'

    Arvind Kejriwal Promises Corruption-free Delhi, End 'VIP Culture'
    Sounding more mature and pragmatic in his second innings, AAP leader and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday pledged to make Delhi India's first corruption-free city and end "VIP culture" even as he warned his colleagues against "arrogance" after his party's thumping election win.

    Arvind Kejriwal Promises Corruption-free Delhi, End 'VIP Culture'