Bajrang Dal pamphlet seized in Rajasthan

By Mohammed Iqbal

JAIPUR, NOV. 12.The Congress-led Government in Rajasthan today confiscated an objectionable pamphlet published and distributed by the Jodhpur unit of the Bajrang Dal. The Government issued a special notification this afternoon declaring the pamphlet banned. The pamphlet, published with the title Hathon mein talwaren, seene mein hai toofan; raksha kare desh ki, Bajrang Dal ke jawan, contained provocative and offensive material, which could pose a threat to communal harmony. Roughly translated into English, the title stated: ``The Bajrang Dal volunteers are defending the nation with swords in their hands and a storm brewing in their hearts.''

A spokesperson said here that the Government had confiscated the pamphlet, being distributed in large numbers across the State, while exercising its powers under various provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code. The pamphlet was objectionable and malicious and had full potential to create communal disturbance.

The notification declared confiscated each copy of the pamphlet, reprints, translations as well as any other document citing the contents of the pamphlet.

The ``Trishul Diksha'' programme of the Bajrang Dal - as part of which thousands of tridents were distributed to youngsters in Rajasthan in the last two months - has created tension in the State. The Chief Minister, Mr. Ashok Gehlot, recently urged the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to consider imposing a ban on the outfit in view of its provocative activities.

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