The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said on Thursday (December 19, 2024) that it had contacted more than 350 MPs across all political parties under its annual Sansad Sampankar Abhiyan (Parliament Outreach Programme) during the winter session of Parliament and discussed issues such as the liberation of temples. and the Waqf Amendment Bill, among others.
VHP general secretary Bajranglal Bagra said that every year during the winter session of Parliament, VHP approaches MPs to discuss important issues. During the event, VHP members from different states try to contact the MPs of their respective states.
“This year’s program was organized from November 2 to 20 during the current winter session of Parliament. In its first phase from December 2 to 6, volunteers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra approached a total of 114 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs,” Mr. Bagra said.
In the second phase from December 9 to 13, VHP volunteers from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu Kashmir contacted a total of 139 MPs from these states.
The third and final phase of the campaign began on 16 December and in this phase MPs from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Nagaland were approached.
VHP members in a meeting with MPs insisted that all Hindu temples under the government’s control should be handed over to the Hindu community. The VHP also asked the MPs to support the Waqf Amendment Bill and support Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution, which allow minority communities to run their religious educational institutions, noting that the Hindu community should not be deprived of this right.
published – December 20, 2024 at 01:25 pm IST