VHP’s DHARMA SANSADS

Jan. 10, 2022

The organisers of the dharma sansad in Haridwar have announced a “pratikar sabha” on January 16 to protest the FIRs registered against them in connection with the hate speeches at the three-day meeting last month.

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Several Hindu religious leaders had given incendiary addresses targeting the minority community at the closed-door conclave organised from December 17-19.
A dharma sansad, literally, religious parliament, is a platform of Hindu religious leaders or sants, where decisions are taken on issues considered important to the dharma.
The first dharma sansad was organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in 1984, where a decision was taken to launch the Ramjanmabhoomi movement.
At the next dharma sansad held in Udupi in 1985, eight resolutions were passed, one of which demanded that
Shri Ramjanmabhoomi, Shri Krishnajanmasthan and the Kashi Vishwanath complex should be immediately handed over to the Hindu samaj.
The VHP’s dharma sansads are called by its margadarshak mandal, a body of 65 prominent sants from around the country, whenever, according to the sants, a need is felt to guide the Hindu samaj.
The margadarshak mandal decides the participants, which include the sants from the akharas.