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People’s Party), which was in power at one time, the VHP (Vishwa
Hindu Parishad - World Hindu Council), Shiv Sena (Fascist Front) and
many other large or small extreme nationalist groups are counted
among Sangh Parivar’s member organizations. However the most im-
portant of these, from the radical Hindu nationalist’s perspective, is the
RSS (Rashtriya Swayemsavak Sangh- National Volunteer’s Army)
The RSS was formed in 1925 and is acknowledged to be the organi-
zation responsible for the present day attacks on Muslims and other mi-
norities. It is the cornerstone of Hindu nationalist extremism. Today
there exist a number of different nationalist political parties and organi-
