Armed Monk Network Mobilising Hindus for Violence in Uttar Pradesh
Since October 2024, India’s Uttar Pradesh state has witnessed the rapid emergence of an armed militant-monk movement led by Madhuram Sharan Shiva, who presents himself as a former full-time worker (pracharak) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and former Prantiya Sangathan Mantri (Provincial Organization Minister) of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). RSS remains the ideological […]