16 Facts About Bajrang Dal

The Bajrang Dal's slogan is Seva, Suraksha, Sanskar or Service, Safety and Culture.

Some main goals of the Bajrang Dal is to build Ram Mandir temple at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya and the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura, and to expand the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, which are currently disputed places of worship.

The Bajrang Dal opposes Muslim demographic growth, Christian conversion, cow slaughter, and western influence in Hindu culture.

Bajrang Dal was banned in 1992 by the Rao government following the demolition of the Babri Masjid, but the ban was revoked one year later.

Bajrang Dal asserted that the coming Assembly polls in the Indian state of Rajasthan would be fought on the issue of tridents and attacked the ruling Indian National Congress Party for "placating" Muslims for electoral gains.

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Bajrang Dal expressed satisfaction at the publicity received due to the incident.

Bajrang Dal has been accused of not allowing Muslims to own land in parts of Gujarat by attacking traders who sell to Muslims, attacking Muslim homes and forcing the sale of the house or flat.

On several occasions, acting as "Social Police", the activists of Bajrang Dal have harassed un-married couples on Valentine's Day and forced them to apply sindoor or tie rakhis against their wishes.

However, some police reports claim that the Bajrang Dal was not involved per se and that the attacks were carried out by splinter groups.

On 24 January 2009, members of Sri Ram Sene, a Bajrang Dal affiliate, attacked young men and women after dragged them out of a pub in Mangalore.

Bajrang Dal has been slammed for supporting patriarchy and called for restricting freedom of women, particularly to the point of when they choose their partners out of caste and religion.

On 13 December 2021, Bajrang Dal spread violence in the congregation of a Hindu saint, some anti-social elements reached the gathering with sticks and guns and attacked unarmed people in which a person named Devi Lal Meena died.

In March 2022 the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal physically attacked a muslim meat seller, five persons were arrested in the incident.

Bajrang Dal has received criticism from other Hindu nationalist organisations such as the Hindu Mahasabha.

Bajrang Dal has been criticised for adopting the same violent methods as the Islamic fundamentalists in their attempt to curb the spread of Islamic terrorism, a move deemed by the Mahasabha to be counterproductive.

Vajpayee said that the Bajrang Dal "only embarrassed the BJP" and urged the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to "rein them in".