‘RSS behind Togadia ouster’

Pramod Mutalik, Sri Ram Sene founder, has accused the RSS of orchestrating the ouster of Praveen Togadia from the VHP.

The RSS has conspired to throw out Mr. Togadia from the VHP, he said.

It was Mr. Togadia who built the VHP and took its agenda across the country and outside, he added.

His ouster is a cheap and shameful act. In protest against this, Sri Ram Sene members will go on a one-day fast in 22 districts on Tuesday, he told presspersons in Belagavi on Monday.

He faulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders for failing to carry out the pro-Hindutva agenda of the VHP that Mr. Togadia had campaigned for.

Ram Mandir, Uniform Civil Code and ban on cow slaughter were the three things that the VHP sought.

The BJP has failed to fulfil these promises. Mr. Togadia kept on reminding the government about these unfinished tasks. What is wrong in it? Is asking questions a crime? he asked.

It seems anyone who asks the Prime Minister questions is shown the door. This is intolerable, he said.

Mr. Mutalik also said that the BJP was building its empire on Hindutva’s grave.