12 Facts About Sangh Parivar

Sangh Parivar refers, as an umbrella term, to the collection of Hindu nationalist organisations spawned by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which remain affiliated to it.

The Sangh Parivar represents the Hindu nationalist movement of India.

Political opponents of the Sangh Parivar have often termed Sangh Parivar's concerns about cultural intrusion by the Western commercial interests as 'Rightist'.

Sangh Parivar leaders have been very vocal in their criticism of globalization especially its impact on the poor and native people.

Sangh Parivar constituents have advocated and promoted decentralized village centric economic growth with emphasis on ecological protection.

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Constituents of the Sangh Parivar have been known for their demands for steps to "protect the environment, natural-ecology and agro-economy" and for establishment of a "self-reliant village-oriented economy".

Bharatiya Janata Party, a constituent of Sangh Parivar included the concerns on global warming in its election manifesto for the National Elections of 2009.

Sangh Parivar has been described with monikers spanning the spectrum from "patriotic Hindus" and "Hindu nationalist".

Leaders of the Sangh Parivar have been involved in the campaigns against female fetocide and movements for the education.

Prominent industrialist, Jehangir Wadia, the grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is influenced by the work of Sangh Parivar organisation, Deen Dayal Research Institute, and is a volunteer of the DRI.

Political opponents of the BJP allege that the party's moderate face merely serves to cover the Sangh Parivar's "hidden agenda" of undiluted Hindutva, detectable by the BJP's efforts to change the content of history textbooks and syllabi as well as other aspects of the education system.

Each time, a new demographic group has emerged, the Sangh Parivar has hived off some of its RSS inner-core leadership to harness that group and bring it within the fold, enhancing the voter base of the Parivar.