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CIA Classifies RSS Offshoots Vishav Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal as ‘Religious Militant Organisations’ in World Factbook

June 15, 2018 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Chandigarh: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the intelligence wing of the US government, in its recent edition of the ‘World Factbook’, has named Hindutva fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) offshoots Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal as “religious militant organisations”.

The agency has categorised them under “political pressure groups”, defined as organisations that are involved in politics or that exert political pressure but whose leaders do not stand for legislative election.

The CIA also lists the RSS, Hurriyat Conference and Jamiat Ulema-e Hind among the political pressure groups in India. The RSS has been defined as a “nationalist organisation”, the Hurriyat Conference as a “separatist group” and the Jamiat Ulema-e Hind a “religious organisation”.

The CIA annually publishes a World Factbook which feeds intelligence or factual reference material on a country or issue to the US government.

This includes information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Data is available for 267 countries. The agency has been publishing this material since 1962, but only made it public in 1975.

The Factbook is reportedly produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US intelligence community.

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Related Topics: Hindutva, Indian Politics, Indian State, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), RSS, United States, United States of America

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