Hindutva ("Hinduness") is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was popularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is championed by the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other organizations, collectively called the Sangh Parivar.
The Hindutva movement has been described as "almost fascist in the classical sense", adhering to a disputed concept of homogenised majority and cultural hegemony. Some dispute the fascist label, and suggest Hindutva has been an extreme form of "conservatism" or "ethnic absolutism".
Participating in a discussion in Lok Sabha on the Delhi violence, he urged Hindus to "save the soul" of the country and claimed that around 1,100 Muslims are under illegal detention. Owaisi said.. IndiaTimes - Published
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said the BJP in Maharashtra is baffled because the Shiv Sena, despite joining hands with its ideological opponent Congress, has not distanced itself from.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday evening offered prayers at the Ram Lalla makeshift temple at Ayodhyaâs Ramjanmabhoomi site, marking 100 days in power with a reiteration that.. IndiaTimes - Published
The BJP on Saturday hit out at Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray over his claim that his party, the Shiv Sena, had walked away from the NDA but not from the ideology of Hindutva. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray while talking to media in Ayodhya reiterated that his party distanced BJP and not Hindutva. Thackeray also urged Uttar Pradeshâs.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sengupta, an alumnus of Kolkata's Presidency College, had earlier, too, posted statements like "Hindutva is Cancer. Wake up, people". Now the guest lecturer remains locked up with 15 more jailbirds.. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court said it would expedite hearing on a pending petition seeking revisiting the courtâs earlier definition of âHindutvaâ as a way of life and hear arguments for and against the plea.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a dig at his estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray who is apparently reshaping his politics with the Hindutva agenda in Maharashtra, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the Shiv.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday asked chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to guard against the Congress' "conspiracy" to "win away" the Shiv Sena from its Hindutva agenda and allow.. IndiaTimes - Published
The party made the statement in the wake of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's remarks that his party will take out a huge rally on February 9 in Mumbai to drive "illegal.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government on Thursday hit out at Pak PM Imran Khan for raising Kashmir in Davos and said Islamabad was acting in a desperate manner that the world could see through its double standards on.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar was "not just a person but a thought" which will never lose its relevance. IndiaTimes - Published
Furious at Congress Seva Dalâs insinuation of Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar's relationship with Nathuram Godse, BJP termed it âabhorrentâ. âCongress should be ashamed of such remarks ... they are.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused the Congress of practising duplicity by keeping its alliance intact with Shiv Sena in Maharastra despite the Hindutva party support to Citizenship.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rahul Gandhi found himself at odds with new ally Shiv Sena on Saturday, with the Maharashtra outfit slamming his jibe at Veer Savarkar as a person who sought clemency from the British, saying that.. IndiaTimes - Published
In his first speech in Parliament after his release on bail, Congress MP and former Union minister P Chidamabaram on Wednesday termed the Citizenship Amendment Bill as nothing but an attempt by BJP to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Responding to the oppositionâs charge that the bill excluded Muslims while granting citizenship on the ground of religious persecution to six minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress and NCP may have joined forces with Shiv Sena on the latterâs promise that it will commit to secularism, but just a day after clearing the floor test, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Thackeray's Shiv Sena has committed to "uphold the secular values enshrined in the Constitution" as part of the CMP for the Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government. DNA - Published
He further added that the BJP and Shiv Sena alliance was based on ideology of Hindutva, and even today both parties don't have much ideological differences. DNA - Published
A Shiv Sena member in Lok Sabha on Thursday demanded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour bestowed by the Union government, for Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar and tribal icon Birsa Munda... IndiaTimes - Published
Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have finalised a draft Common Minimum Programme (CMP) and are headed towards forming a coalition government in Maharashtra. DNA - Published
The BJP on Wednesday appeared needling its ally-turned-political rival Shiv Sena, which is trying to stitch up a coalition government in Maharashtra with ideologically incompatible Congress and NCP, on.. IndiaTimes - Published
In its tweets, the Hindutva organisation said the issue arising out of the Supreme Court verdict, which is expected before November 17 when the Chief Justice retires, is being discussed in the two-day.. IndiaTimes - Published
A senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader claimed here on Saturday that the right-wing organisation "reconverted" 25,000 Muslims and Christians to Hinduism in 2018. VHP secretary general Milind Parande.. IndiaTimes - Published
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to seek trial by a fast-track court of the main suspects in the murder of Hindutva outfit leader Kamlesh Tewari, found in a pool of blood last week at.. IndiaTimes - Published
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to seek trial by a fast-track court of the main suspects in the murder of Hindutva outfit leader Kamlesh Tewari, found in a pool of blood last week at.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Monday praised Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Singhviâs comments, though they came with the rider that he did not subscribe to Savarkarâs ideology,.. IndiaTimes - Published
When asked about Savarkar, Singh said that former prime minister Indira Gandhi had issued a postal stamp commemorating him. "We are not against Savarkar, but the question is we are not in favour of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar's values are the basis for nation-building. "It is due to Savarkar's sanskar (values) that we put nationalism as the basis.. IndiaTimes - Published
Hitting out at the BJP after its Maharashtra unit mooted Bharat Ratna award for Hindutva idealogue V D Savarkar, the Congress on Tuesday said that if the government considers it on the 150th birth.. IndiaTimes - Published
Despite differences, the BJP and Shiv Sena share the "common thread" of Hindutva and will retain power in Maharashtra after the October 21 Assembly poll, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on.. IndiaTimes - Published
Referring to Gandhijiâs visit to a RSS shakha during the days of Partition, Sanghâs chief Mohan Bhagwat quoted from a report in Mahatma Gandhiâs own newspaper, Harijan, to suggest that the.. IndiaTimes - Published
A move for seeking changes in the Constitution to stop "selective undue" interference by the State and judiciary in Hindu customs & the protection of cultural rights has got underway with the support.. IndiaTimes - Published
Asserting that the Congress has a duty to defend secular space, senior leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the answer to the party's woes in Hindi heartland does not lie in "majority appeasement" or.. IndiaTimes - Published
