Bajrang Dal to train 10 lakh new volunteers for cow protection

October 23, 2015 09:57

Bajrang Dal has kicked off drives to engage 10 lakh new volunteers to ramp up its cow protection programmes across states. The right-wing outfit is already re-training three lakh of what it claims as an existing 15 lakh-strong volunteer base to radically build a notion of Hindu identity around cows and mobilise dominant caste groups into the Hindutva fold.

The plans come amid 'anti-cow slaughter but divisive' remarks by some top BJP leaders following the lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of beef consumption in UP's Dadri, resulting in a perceptible climate of religious intolerance. The vigilante cow protection has peaked ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh state elections because of a significant political symbol.

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