The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will hold over 600 Hindu conferences across the country to mark its golden jubilee celebrations. These conferences will be held between November and February next year.
According to VHP international general secretary Champat Rai, the VHP will also hold several socially relevant programmes during this period.
The VHP programmes will kick off on November 2 by paying tributes to “kar sevaks”, who had lost their lives during the Ayodhya movement.
The VHP also organise blood donation camps at 1,000 places on November 2 and plans to collect at least one lakh units of blood. The blood collected during the drive will be mainly for the weaker sections of society who cannot afford to pay for blood in hospitals.
“We will be holding tree plantation drive at around 10 lakh places in the country. During this drive, we will ask every Hindu to plant at least one Tulsi plant in the house. Women conferences will also be organised on this occasion,” the VHP leader said.
The VHP will also be holding a World Hindu Congress to mark the occasion in Delhi on November 21 to 23, where around 3,000 delegates from all over the world will participate. Besides, some of the 600 Hindu conferences being organised will also be on a much larger scale.
The Bajrang Dal and other constituents of the “Hindu parivar’ will also join the VHP in its campaign and programmes during this period.
Meanwhile, sources said that the VHP golden jubilee celebrations would also aim at consolidating Hindus and serving a political purpose for the BJP which is fast expanding its base after the formation of the Modi government at the Centre.
“The BJP, VHP and RSS may be different organisations with different aims but the basic ideology of all three is the same. If we try to consolidate Hindus, it will strengthen the religion, help BJP politically and also improve social harmony. Whatever we do, will directly or indirectly, have an impact on the BJP but it is wrong to say that we are doing something only to benefit the BJP,” said another VHP leader.