The posters with photograph of Hindu Army founder Manish Vidhayak have come up near the VVIP guest house on Ma... Read More

LUCKNOW: Amid opposition barb on ruling BJP over citizenship law, several posters giving a wake-up call to Hindus were put up overnight by little known outfit Hindu Army around VVIP guest house close to posh Mall Avenue residential area.

The posters, bearing the picture of Hindu Army founder Manish Vidhayak , read: “Jaago Hindu jaago... Kaise kahein ki desh azad hai.”

BJP distanced itself from the organisation and its founder. UP BJP spokesman Rakesh Tripathi said Manish Vidhayak had no links with BJP.

When contacted, Manish, claimed he was inspired by BJP chief Amit Shah and his policies.

“I have not done anything wrong by putting up the posters. We work for Hindutva and abide by it,” said Manish, who claimed that he founded the organisation around a month ago.

He categorically denied having affiliation to any political party.

According to his ‘Facebook’ profile, he was earlier with Samajwadi Party and was known as Manish Yadav. His profile claims that he was party secretary.

In one of his Facebook posts dated December 12, Manish is seen addressing a press conference to protest atrocities against women.

“I left Samajwadi Party for the cause of Hindutva and formed my own party,” he said.

SP MLC Udaiveer Singh, however, said he did not know Manish.

Manish’s twitter account, too, reveals his political inclinations.

A resident of Sarojininagar, Manish claims himself to be a strong follower of Hindutva ideology.

His latest tweet read: “Rajdhani se shuru kiya hai... poore pradesh ki baari hai!... Poore Hindustan ko bhagwa rang se rangne ki taiyyari hai... (Have started off from state capital, will spread across the state. The plan is to paint the entire country in saffron hue).”

“Uttho jaago aur tab tak na ruko jab tak lakshya pratp na ho jaye...Lakshya banaiye aur poora kariye ki humara Bharat Hindu Rashtra ban jaye (Awake and arise and keep moving until you achieve the goal of making Bharat a ‘Hindu Rashtra’).”

