A courtroom in Ajmer on Wednesday (November 27) admitted a petition by Vishnu Gupta, the nationwide president of the Hindu Sena, asking for a survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in view of purported proof for the existence of an historic temple to Lord Shiva on the website.
Gupta has previously filed a swimsuit on behalf of Bal Krishna within the Mathura dispute. He additionally had a ‘havan’ for Donald Trump’s success in america presidential election of 2016.
Who’s Vishnu Gupta and what’s the Hindu Sena?
Gupta, 40, was born in Etah in UP and moved to Delhi at a younger age. He was influenced early on by militant Hindu nationalism, and joined the Shiv Sena’s youth wing as a scholar. In 2008, Gupta grew to become a part of the Bajrang Dal.
In 2011, Gupta and a few others based the Hindu Sena, an organisation that he claims has “lakhs of members” now, with models in “virtually all components of India”. Gupta or his organisation are usually not affiliated with the Shiv Sena, the Sangh Parivar, or any of its related organisations.
On its web site, the Hindu Sena says it “goals to oppose the Islamisation in any type, Sharia regulation implementation, love jihad and Islamic extremism in India”, and that it will “spotlight and protest and take authorized motion towards any individual/entity inflicting hurt to the sovereignty of India and Sanatana Dharma”.
What actions has the Hindu Sena led up to now?
* In January 2014, Hindu Sena was a part of a mob that vandalised the Aam Aadmi Occasion workplace in Kaushambi in Ghaziabad following then AAP chief Prashant Bhushan’s suggestion {that a} referendum ought to be held on the deployment of the Military in Jammu and Kashmir.
* In February 2014, Hindu Sena protested exterior the workplace of The Caravan journal following its report on Swami Aseemanand, who was then in jail in reference to the Ajmer Dargah, Mecca Masjid, and Samjhauta Specific bombings of 2007. Aseemanand was subsequently acquitted in all these circumstances.
* In October 2015, Gupta was detained by Delhi Police for allegedly making a false grievance that beef was being served on the Kerala Home canteen in New Delhi. A row had erupted with the then Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy condemning the police raid as “extremely objectionable”.
* In January 2016, Gupta was arrested after members of his outfit vandalised the workplace of Pakistan Worldwide Airways in New Delhi. In August 2016, the outfit had protested then Residence Minister Rajnath Singh’s go to to Pakistan.
*In Could 2016, Gupta and the Hindu Sena organised a havan to make sure the victory of Trump in that 12 months’s presidential election. Gupta then organised occasions to have fun Trump’s birthday, after which his victory that November. He additionally organised protests towards the Democratic nominee for the White Home, Hillary Clinton.
* In Could 2019, Hindu Sena filed a grievance towards actor-politician Kamal Haasan at Delhi’s Patiala Home courtroom for allegedly hurting non secular sentiments by terming Nathuram Godse, who killed Mahatma Gandhi, as a “Hindu terrorist”.
* In June 2023, the Hindu Sena filed a writ petition in Delhi Excessive Courtroom towards the movie ‘Adipurush’, demanding that it not be licensed for public exhibition.
*In January this 12 months, the Hindu Sena defaced signboards on Delhi’s Babar Highway by pasting stickers saying “Ayodhya Marg” over them.
*In February, Gupta claimed that he had acquired a letter threatening him with dire penalties if he didn’t withdraw from the Krishna Janmabhoomi case.
* Through the years, Gupta’s outfit has supported the “Balochistan freedom wrestle” in Pakistan, and has extra just lately protested in help of Hindus in Bangladesh.
