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Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Alok Kumar said connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) that everyone “should registry their religion arsenic Hindu” successful the upcoming census.
The VHP’s petition came successful effect to demands from assorted sections of society, similar Adivasis, to see a abstracted religion codification for them.
Sharing the reasoning down asking “everyone” to registry themselves arsenic Hindu, Mr. Kumar said that the aforesaid is demanded to decision those who are trying to make a disagreement successful the Hindu society.
“Certain sections from Lingayats successful Karnataka, Sarnas successful tribal areas and sections of Jatavs and successful wide amongst the SCs and STs are moving run to found them arsenic isolated of the Hindu fold. We privation to guarantee that specified attempts to disagreement the Hindu nine neglect and we stay one,” said Mr. Kumar.
Census volition beryllium conducted successful India, successful 2 phases, aft a spread of 15 years. The archetypal phase, House Listing and Housing Census, volition beryllium conducted betwixt April and September 2026 portion the 2nd signifier of Population Enumeration (PE), volition beryllium done successful February 2027.
There are six large religions successful India with bulk being Hindus pursuing by Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain. In 2011, 82 faiths identified themselves arsenic “Other Religions and Persuasions” (ORP).
Speaking during the ongoing Central Council gathering of the organisation successful Delhi, Mr. Kumar added that the criteria for defining spiritual minorities should beryllium reconsidered.
“A number cannot beryllium determined solely connected the ground of population. It indispensable besides beryllium considered whether followers of a peculiar religion person suffered immoderate backwardness oregon oppression that warrants granting them peculiar privileges,” helium said.
Sharing the topics of treatment successful the 2 time agelong gathering which volition reason connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025), Mr. Kumar said the organisation demands that the Freedom of Religion Act should beryllium implemented passim the country. He added that Hindu temples should beryllium freed from authorities power and handed backmost to the Hindu assemblage immediately.
The organisation besides demanded that the anti-drug run should beryllium intensified crossed the country, particularly successful the borderline regions.
Sharing concerns implicit the Red fort blast that took spot connected November 10, VHP president said that it is present a constituent to ponder that “Jihad” is not solely driven by poorness oregon ignorance.
“We indispensable registry that Jihad is present besides driven by spiritual fanaticism. The probe into the Red Fort onslaught proves that jihadists are coming from among the well-educated, high-earning individuals who clasp respected positions successful society. The mentality of jihad indispensable beryllium fought for the involvement of satellite peace,” helium added.
