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article published on the CNN website entitled (Vajpayee Reveals His
True Colors) it was said that to begin with, Vajpayee showed a moder-

ate side to his personality, but in time revealed his true colors by ex-
pressing his support for radical Hindus. The article also stated that the
BJP was formed by the most fanatical believers in Hindu nationalism,
and that Vajpayee hid his fanaticism initially behind a mask, which had
eventually fallen off. Vajpayee openly attacked Muslims in a speech to
his party’s ruling council and stated that Hindus would decide the de-
gree of freedoms granted to other religions. Another important subject
which CNN’s article touched upon was the fact that the BJP decided to

hold an election in the immediate aftermath of the killings, rape, arson
and looting carried out against Muslims in Gucarat (Gujarat), in order to
take advantage of the support of some of the local population this situa-
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tion brought them. During the election campaign, Vajpayee staunchly
defended the organizers of this genocide, the RSS, which was responsi-
ble for the death of thousands of Muslims and termed it as a “cultural
and social organization”. 88
A famous journalist in India, Praful Bidwai, revealed the relation-
ship between the BJP and the RSS as follows in an article titled “Hindu

Supremacists Reign Supreme” that appeared in the Asia Times newspa-
per on November 17, 2000:
“Historically, the BJP and its predecessor, the Jana Sangh (founded in 1951), have
recruited supporters through the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS, National
Volunteers Corps), a secret society-type militarist all-male organization which
claims 600,000 members. The RSS acts as the BJP’s mentor, ideological master
and organizational gate-keeper. It has parented forty-odd other fronts, most im-
portantly the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu Council) and Bajrang
Dal, which is active in street-level mobilization.” 89

One of the political member organizations of the Sangh Parivar is

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)