{"id":48914,"date":"2016-10-12T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=48914"},"modified":"2016-10-12T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:37:24","slug":"after-consulting-indian-right-wing-hindu-outfots-like-shiv-senarss-and-vhp-siva-senaisivas-armylaunched-in-vavuniya-to-protect-hindus-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=48914","title":{"rendered":"“Siva Senai”(Sivas Army)Launched in Vavuniya to Protect Hindus of Sri Lanka , After Consulting Indian Right-wing Hindu outfits like Shiv Sena,RSS and VHP,"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/p>\n

Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of Hindus in Sri Lanka has launched \u2018Siva Senai\u2019, an organisation to \u201cprotect Hindus from threats from other religious groups\u201d in the island.<\/p>\n

A ceremony was recently held in Vavuniya, a Tamil-majority town located in Sri Lanka\u2019s Northern Province.<\/p>\n

Clarifying that the organisation had no direct links to Shiv Sena, the right-wing political party in Maharashtra, the group\u2019s Chief Organiser Maravanpulavu Sachithananthan told The Hindu: \u201cBut we have their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The organisation which, he said, was in its formative stages would campaign for an anti-conversion law in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

He added that Siva Senai was started after consultations with many organisations in India, including the Shiv Sena, RSS, VHP and the Goa-based Hindu Jana Jagruthi Samithi.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Serious concern\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought of many names, but considering that most Hindus in Sri Lanka are Saivaites, we thought something with Siva would be appropriate. So we chose Siva Senai,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him Hindus in the island face problems from other religious groups. Accusing the state of supporting \u201cSinhala-Buddhist colonisation\u201d, he said \u201cconversion is becoming serious concern for us [Hindus]. Observing that the island\u2019s Muslims were being funded by countries such as Iran and Iraq and that the Christians received Western missionaries\u2019 support, he said: \u201cHindus alone have no support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganisations such as the RSS, VHP and the BJP are very supportive of this move. I have met the leaders and discussed this in detail,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

Hindus are the largest religious minority in Sri Lanka. Mr. Sachithananthan, along with fellow coordinator and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Seeniththamby Yoheswaran from Batticaloa and religious leader Then Kailaya Adheenam from Trincomalee, plans to work across the country\u2019s 25 districts for the \u201cprotection of Hindus\u201d.<\/p>\n

The initiative has caused concern, including within the TNA. Parliamentarian and TNA spokesperson M.A. Sumanthiran said the party opposed \u201cbringing religion into politics or the politicisation of religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the track record of Shiv Sena in India, I don\u2019t think it is a good move,\u201d he told The Hindu.<\/p>\n

When contacted, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray’s public relations officer Harshal Pradhan denied having any knowledge of overseas Shiv Sena branches. \u201cWe do have people working for us in Tamil Nadu, but I am not aware of any party unit functioning in Sri Lanka. No one from there has approached us for any permission.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said: \u201cMembers of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka have set up a Shiv Sena unit and would do the party\u2019s ideological work with support from Sena\u2019s Tamil Nadu unit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan A group of Hindus in Sri Lanka has launched \u2018Siva Senai\u2019, an organisation to \u201cprotect Hindus from threats from other religious groups\u201d in the island. A ceremony was recently held in Vavuniya, a Tamil-majority town located in Sri Lanka\u2019s Northern Province. Clarifying that the organisation had no direct links to Shiv Sena, …<\/p>\n

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