{"id":16209,"date":"2016-08-14T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T10:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=16206&amp;preview_id=16206"},"modified":"2016-08-14T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T10:21:27","slug":"vhp-slams-modis-gau-rakshak-remarks-this-is-racial-profiling-the-indian-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=16209","title":{"rendered":"VHP slams Modi\u2019s gau rakshak remarks: \u2018This is racial profiling\u2019 | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for \u201cinsulting\u201d gau rakshaks with his recent remarks against cow vigilantes, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Saturday said Modi\u2019s move to ask state governments to create dossiers of cow vigilantes amounts to \u201cracial profiling\u201d of Hindus.The VHP also asked the Centre to form a Gau Mantralaya (ministry for cows) and enact a central legislation for cow protection.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing \u201cutmost dissatisfaction and agony\u201d over Modi\u2019s remarks, VHP\u2019s acting president Pravin Togadia said that instead of appreciating efforts of Hindus in protecting cows and initiating a sincere dialogue with these \u201csimple gau rakshaks\u201d, Modi termed 80 per cent of them \u201canti-social\u201d. He called it an \u201cinsult not only of gau mata (mother cow) but also of Hindus, as well as all those who gave their lives to protect cows\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head of the nation asking all states to create dossiers on gau rakshaks means racial profiling of a particular community \u2014 the Hindus, in this case, because Hindus give their lives to protect cows. Special dossiers are made on terrorists, serial rapists. Here, the dossiers are being made on Hindu rakshaks (protectors), but not on cow killers,\u201d Togadia said.<\/p>\n<p>Togadia also said that the VHP will provide all help to the \u201claw-abiding gau rakshaks\u201d and take care of their families if they are \u201ctargeted by state governments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain said most states already have laws against cow slaughter, and vigilantes would not have had to hit the streets if these laws were implemented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for \u201cinsulting\u201d gau rakshaks with his recent remarks against cow vigilantes, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Saturday said Modi\u2019s move to ask state governments to create dossiers of cow vigilantes amounts to \u201cracial profiling\u201d of Hindus.The VHP also asked the Centre to form a Gau Mantralaya (ministry for cows) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1153,1134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}