Like it or not, IAC on same page as Bajrang Dal, RSS

December 28, 2011 14:15

Anna Hazare and his organisation - India Against Corruption - has made it into the American spy agency CIA's World Factbook as a political pressure group in India, joining the league of RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and the Hurriyat Conference. Hazare (74) finds mention under the category 'Political pressure groups and leaders'.

"All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley (separatist group); Bajrang Dal (religious organisation); India Against Corruption (Anna Hazare); Jamiat Ulema-e Hind (religious organisation); Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [Mohan Bhagwat] (religious organisation); Vishwa Hindu Parishad [Ashok Singhal] (religious organisation)," says the CIA under the named category on the India page.

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