Viral video shows Bajrang Dal cadre training by 'shooting' volunteers in skull caps

May 25, 2016 09:41

Huffington Post India reports: A viral video (watch it HERE) that shows members of the right-wing hardline outfit Bajrang Dal allegedly training in 'self defence' with rifles, swords and lathis and 'shooting down' volunteers wearing skull caps at a school in Ayodhya, has virtually got a clean chit from Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.

The activists organised the arms training camp in Ayodhya for party cadres purportedly to protect the Hindu community from threats.

"This arms training is for the purpose of self defence. There should not be any objection from any quarter. The intention behind this exercise is what counts," Naik said on the sidelines of the annual function of the Saraswati Vidya Mandir school at Atrauli.

The annual 'self defence' camp of the right-wing outfit, which was organised in Ayodhya, is now scheduled to be held in Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Pilibhit, Noida and Fatehpur, sources in Bajrang Dal, which is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said. Bajrang Dal has faced allegations of rioting and violence against religious minorities.

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