Hindu Yuva Vahini
| Formation | April 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Yogi Adityanath |
The Hindu Yuva Vahini is an extremist and militantHindu youth group, founded by Yogi Adityanath, intended successor of the Gorakhpur Mutt temple in Gorakhpur, India. The organisation has been involved in communal violence.Yogi Adityanath, the current Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh founded the Hindu Yuva Vahini in April 2002, on the day of Rama Navami. The organisation is headquartered in Gorakhpur. Its stated objectives are: “the integration of and mutual good faith within the massive Hindu society, through the complete abolishment of the differentiation between touchable-untouchable and high-low, promote the harmonious development of society.” However Cow protection, Love Jihad and Ghar Wapsi are said to have been top priority on the HYV's agenda.
The Hindu Yuva Vahini has been charged by the police in the Mau riots of October 2005, where they organized the Hindu forces in opposition to a politician Mukhtar Ansari, the alleged murderer of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state legislature member Krishnanand Rai. Charges of inciting riots, murder, and arson were brought against Hindu Yuva Vahini leaders Ajit Singh Chandel and Sujit Kumar Singh, along with Ansari and some others in the opposite camp. Eventually, a curfew was imposed on Mau for nearly a month.
After an unrest caused between a Hindu group and Muslims during a Muharram procession, riots broke out in Gorakhpur during January 26–31, 2007 leading to the burning of mosques, homes, buses and trains. After the arrest of Yogi Adityanath, the HYV launched retaliations. Two coaches of the Mumbai bound Mumbai-Gorakhpur Godan Express were set ablaze on January 30, 2007.
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