Skip to main content
Sabrang
Sabrang
Communalism

'India must be declared a Hindu nation', says controversial ex-cop, DG Vanzara

DG Vanzara claimed "Hindus are in danger", and "till India remains a secular state, Hindus will never be able to become owners of this country”

Sabrangindia 24 Dec 2021

DG Vanzara claimed "Hindus are in danger
Image: Deccan Herald

Gujarat’s ex-IPS officer DG Vanzara has echoed the far right wing bogie that "Hindus are in danger", and “demanded” in his recent speech in Gandhinagar on Thursday (December 23) that "India be declared a Hindu rashtra by establishing dharma satta (reign of religion)." According to a report by Deccan Herald, he claimed that "next 25 years are very dangerous", and added that "till India remains a secular state, Hindus will never be able to become owners of this country like Christians and Muslims, who have their own countries, which are ruled according to their religion. Hindus are in great difficulties even today. Take example of Kashmir from where they were chased away and West Bengal and Assam, where Hindus are not safe. Even in a state like Gujarat, Hindus are not safe."

Vanzara, who had spent nearly eight years in jail charge sheeted and implicated in the extra-judicial killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and student, Ishrat Jahan, before being discharged by the trial court, made these statements while speaking at a religious function "Dharmasatta Mahakumbh" was organised by an organisation called "Guru Vandana Manch" in sector 28 in state capital Gandhinagar. It was attended by leaders of different Hindu sects who had come along with thousands of people from different parts of the state. Vanzara said that Rashtra Vandana Manch has held numerous meetings in the past two years, bringing the religious leaders together for "establishing dharma satta in the country." It is not insignificant that on the eve of Christmas, several such “events” have made this shrill war cry.

Who is DG Vanzara?

On May 2, 2019, a special CBI court in Ahmedabad discharged former police officers NK Amin and DG Vanzara in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Amin and Vanzara had filed pleas seeking that proceedings against them be dropped after the Gujarat government did not grant the CBI sanction to prosecute them. Judge JK Pandya of the CBI court stated that since the government had denied sanction, the former police officers' pleas were allowed, and that proceedings against them would be dropped. On June 15, 2004, Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old student, along with three others, were killed in an alleged fake encounter by members of the Gujarat Police outside Ahmedabad. The police had claimed that they were plotting to kill then Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi.

Now Vanzara’s speech has begun to sound like the recent communal speeches made at the recent ‘Dharma Sansad’ at Haridwar that gave a stage for Hindutva 'leaders’ to spew hate speech and call for communal violence. Now, Vanzara claimed that Independence itself was “harmful'' and reportedly said, "What 1,200 years of rule of outsiders like Turkish, Mughals and Britishers couldn't do, the last 75 years of independence has done to harm the Hindus… At the time of Independence, three states - Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya - had 100 per cent Hindu population but after the independence, they turned into Christian-dominated states."

However, Vanzara who was promoted as Inspector General of Police in 2020, six years after his retirement while languishing in jail, reportedly "clarified" that what he was saying shouldn't be read as "communal" or "hatred" for anyone. According to news reports he threw in some numbers to back his claim and said, “in 1947, India's population was 48 crore, of which 8 crore were Muslims. The 8 crore weighed heavily on 40 crore. Of them, five crore went to Pakistan and three crore remained here. Today, they are 23 crore. It is noteworthy to think what will happen now...the next 25 years is dangerous."

Vanzara added that. "one billion Hindus can't bank on only raj satta. It is not a Hindu regime... it is secular and doesn't belong to Hindus...in secular raj satta, Hindus can't have their own nation...therefore, we have to strive for a Hindu Rashtra, a Hindu Gantantra (republic)...” he claimed that the world has over "100 Christian countries, over 50 Muslim countries and even a handful of Jews have their own nation, Israel. But, 100 crore Hindus don't have a single country of their own."


Related

Uttarakhand: Will Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi nee Wasim Rizvi benefit from the FIR against him, or will he be the scapegoat?

Hate Watch: Did VHP head call Indian Muslims “4th stage cancer”?

Carry swords to protect cows: Sadhvi Saraswati

Segregated burial grounds, a violation of the Constitution: Madras High Court

'India must be declared a Hindu nation', says controversial ex-cop, DG Vanzara

DG Vanzara claimed "Hindus are in danger", and "till India remains a secular state, Hindus will never be able to become owners of this country”

DG Vanzara claimed "Hindus are in danger
Image: Deccan Herald

Gujarat’s ex-IPS officer DG Vanzara has echoed the far right wing bogie that "Hindus are in danger", and “demanded” in his recent speech in Gandhinagar on Thursday (December 23) that "India be declared a Hindu rashtra by establishing dharma satta (reign of religion)." According to a report by Deccan Herald, he claimed that "next 25 years are very dangerous", and added that "till India remains a secular state, Hindus will never be able to become owners of this country like Christians and Muslims, who have their own countries, which are ruled according to their religion. Hindus are in great difficulties even today. Take example of Kashmir from where they were chased away and West Bengal and Assam, where Hindus are not safe. Even in a state like Gujarat, Hindus are not safe."

Vanzara, who had spent nearly eight years in jail charge sheeted and implicated in the extra-judicial killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and student, Ishrat Jahan, before being discharged by the trial court, made these statements while speaking at a religious function "Dharmasatta Mahakumbh" was organised by an organisation called "Guru Vandana Manch" in sector 28 in state capital Gandhinagar. It was attended by leaders of different Hindu sects who had come along with thousands of people from different parts of the state. Vanzara said that Rashtra Vandana Manch has held numerous meetings in the past two years, bringing the religious leaders together for "establishing dharma satta in the country." It is not insignificant that on the eve of Christmas, several such “events” have made this shrill war cry.

Who is DG Vanzara?

On May 2, 2019, a special CBI court in Ahmedabad discharged former police officers NK Amin and DG Vanzara in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Amin and Vanzara had filed pleas seeking that proceedings against them be dropped after the Gujarat government did not grant the CBI sanction to prosecute them. Judge JK Pandya of the CBI court stated that since the government had denied sanction, the former police officers' pleas were allowed, and that proceedings against them would be dropped. On June 15, 2004, Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old student, along with three others, were killed in an alleged fake encounter by members of the Gujarat Police outside Ahmedabad. The police had claimed that they were plotting to kill then Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi.

Now Vanzara’s speech has begun to sound like the recent communal speeches made at the recent ‘Dharma Sansad’ at Haridwar that gave a stage for Hindutva 'leaders’ to spew hate speech and call for communal violence. Now, Vanzara claimed that Independence itself was “harmful'' and reportedly said, "What 1,200 years of rule of outsiders like Turkish, Mughals and Britishers couldn't do, the last 75 years of independence has done to harm the Hindus… At the time of Independence, three states - Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya - had 100 per cent Hindu population but after the independence, they turned into Christian-dominated states."

However, Vanzara who was promoted as Inspector General of Police in 2020, six years after his retirement while languishing in jail, reportedly "clarified" that what he was saying shouldn't be read as "communal" or "hatred" for anyone. According to news reports he threw in some numbers to back his claim and said, “in 1947, India's population was 48 crore, of which 8 crore were Muslims. The 8 crore weighed heavily on 40 crore. Of them, five crore went to Pakistan and three crore remained here. Today, they are 23 crore. It is noteworthy to think what will happen now...the next 25 years is dangerous."

Vanzara added that. "one billion Hindus can't bank on only raj satta. It is not a Hindu regime... it is secular and doesn't belong to Hindus...in secular raj satta, Hindus can't have their own nation...therefore, we have to strive for a Hindu Rashtra, a Hindu Gantantra (republic)...” he claimed that the world has over "100 Christian countries, over 50 Muslim countries and even a handful of Jews have their own nation, Israel. But, 100 crore Hindus don't have a single country of their own."


Related

Uttarakhand: Will Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi nee Wasim Rizvi benefit from the FIR against him, or will he be the scapegoat?

Hate Watch: Did VHP head call Indian Muslims “4th stage cancer”?

Carry swords to protect cows: Sadhvi Saraswati

Segregated burial grounds, a violation of the Constitution: Madras High Court

Related Articles

Sunday

03

Jan

Pan-India

Saturday

05

Dec

05 pm onwards

Rise in Rage!

North Gate, JNU campus

Thursday

26

Nov

10 am onwards

Delhi Chalo

Pan India

Theme

Stop Hate

Hate and Harmony in 2021

A recap of all that transpired across India in terms of hate speech and even outright hate crimes, as well as the persecution of those who dared to speak up against hate. This disturbing harvest of hate should now push us to do more to forge harmony.
Taliban 2021

Taliban in Afghanistan: A look back

Communalism Combat had taken a deep dive into the lives of people of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Here we reproduce some of our archives documenting the plight of hapless Afghanis, especially women, who suffered the most under the hardline regime.
2020

Milestones 2020

In the year devastated by the Covid 19 Pandemic, India witnessed apathy against some of its most marginalised people and vilification of dissenters by powerful state and non state actors. As 2020 draws to a close, and hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers continue their protest in the bitter North Indian cold. Read how Indians resisted all attempts to snatch away fundamental and constitutional freedoms.
Migrant Diaries

Migrant Diaries

The 2020 COVID pandemic brought to fore the dismal lives that our migrant workers lead. Read these heartbreaking stories of how they lived before the pandemic, how the lockdown changed their lives and what they’re doing now.

Campaigns

Sunday

03

Jan

Pan-India

Saturday

05

Dec

05 pm onwards

Rise in Rage!

North Gate, JNU campus

Thursday

26

Nov

10 am onwards

Delhi Chalo

Pan India

Videos

Communalism

Bastar violence: Anti-Christian Campaign causes breach in Adivasi unity

Hundreds of Adivasi church-goers across villages in Narayanpur and Bastar, Chhattisgarh have been experiencing boycott, intimidation and violence since December last year, forcing them to leave their homes and live in refugee camps. Reportedly, Adivasi districts across Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh is seeing a rise Hindutva mobilisation against Christians .

Communalism

Bastar violence: Anti-Christian Campaign causes breach in Adivasi unity

Hundreds of Adivasi church-goers across villages in Narayanpur and Bastar, Chhattisgarh have been experiencing boycott, intimidation and violence since December last year, forcing them to leave their homes and live in refugee camps. Reportedly, Adivasi districts across Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh is seeing a rise Hindutva mobilisation against Christians .

IN FACT

Analysis

Stop Hate

Hate and Harmony in 2021

A recap of all that transpired across India in terms of hate speech and even outright hate crimes, as well as the persecution of those who dared to speak up against hate. This disturbing harvest of hate should now push us to do more to forge harmony.
Taliban 2021

Taliban in Afghanistan: A look back

Communalism Combat had taken a deep dive into the lives of people of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Here we reproduce some of our archives documenting the plight of hapless Afghanis, especially women, who suffered the most under the hardline regime.
2020

Milestones 2020

In the year devastated by the Covid 19 Pandemic, India witnessed apathy against some of its most marginalised people and vilification of dissenters by powerful state and non state actors. As 2020 draws to a close, and hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers continue their protest in the bitter North Indian cold. Read how Indians resisted all attempts to snatch away fundamental and constitutional freedoms.
Migrant Diaries

Migrant Diaries

The 2020 COVID pandemic brought to fore the dismal lives that our migrant workers lead. Read these heartbreaking stories of how they lived before the pandemic, how the lockdown changed their lives and what they’re doing now.

Archives