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I seriously question the neutrality of this article. It seems as if a Karsevak has penned the thing. It should be cleaned, to be neutral, or deleted altogether.

I think this page belongs here, rather than at 'World Hindu Council'. We wouldn't translate Sinn Fein - everyone calls it Sinn Fein, not "Whatever Sinn Fein means in English". This is how it's referred to in the common press and the English-language press in India... we should call it Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Graft

Or just the plain old 'VHP'

I notice that their website is now using the English spelling "Vishva Hindu Parishad". Should we switch over? It would be more consistent – in the original Hindi, the "v" and "w" in this word represent the same Nagari letter. QuartierLatin1968 18:55, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The VHP page looks more like a review of the VHP than an informative article. Varungarde

There were never Spanish in India! Did you mean maybe the Portuguese in Goa, Damao, Diu and Silvassa?

Babu shenoy

Made a change to the comment regarding Muslim mobs setting light to the train. It has been proven wrong so I added allegedly in the sentence.

It seems a bit too opionated and not entirely objective

Contents 1 Specific complaints? 2 RSS VHP BJP were created by BRAHMIN MAFIA to see that only brahmins rule india and only upper castes become wealthy, educated & progressive 3 Praise ? 4 Citations

[edit] Specific complaints?

This article's neutrality has been disputed since December 19, but what exactly should be changed? How will we know when to remove the POV tag? Bhumiya 01:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I think the sentence: "While appropriate and justified to represent and defend over 1 billion Hindus in Bharat and throughout the world from extremism of other communities" is a specific example of POV. what makes the writer think that the VHP defends and represents all hindus?

although I did not add the NPOV tag..I think the person who did was probably refering to the the last paragraph - Place in History and the Future, which is blatantly POV. (Saurabhb 16:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC))

I have removed " They are basically against the exisitence of other religions in India" as it is patently untrue. I have modified the words are " credited with " to they are "accused of" in another sentence.Bharatveer 10:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the word "illegtimate" . See Art.48 of Indian Constitution Indian Constitution

[edit] RSS VHP BJP were created by BRAHMIN MAFIA to see that only brahmins rule india and only upper castes become wealthy, educated & progressive

--Anirudh777 07:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Ur not provinganything Mr.Anirudh, u have to provide source for ur accusations, by posting bold letter it does not become truth.I challenge post ur sources?ur reading too much history written by commies,missionaries???stop posting same message on every topicAumprakashReddy 00:00, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I find this comment extremely distasteful and racist in ways. Please refrain from talking about subjects you have no knowledge on.

[edit] Praise ?

There is no support to the claims made in the praise section ( ie social activisim- some press release of VHP supporting this POV ?)"VHP is largely held as an organization that fills the void of the much needed activist organization to voice the Hindu concerns." -Which does not seem to be factual but seems more like an opinion. "Although, VHP's strength and prominence is very limited, its principled leadership is recognized and vastly appreciated by Hindu Indian nationalists."- Opinion again "VHP has played a critical role in responding to the burning of 56 innocent Hindu pilgrims, majority of them being women and children, in Godhra train massacre."- Do not know if this should be in praise as the response included riots which the VHP was accused of. Haphar 13:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

This articles seems to lack a great amount of citations. Mar de Sin ^{Speak up!} 03:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

10 references isn't enough. Mar de Sin ^{Speak up!} 03:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Put up a more appropriate tag. Mar de Sin ^{Speak up!} 03:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Right, I'm putting back your tag.Hkelkar 04:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, more citations have been placed, but it's still not completed. The first two paragraphs of "Ideology" and the last two paragraphs of "Growth in the 1980s" still are unaccounted for. And it seemed that you removed the corrected version of the VHP slogan I put up; I doubt that was intentional, but tell me if something's wrong with it. Mar de Sin ^{Speak up!} 19:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Well I cited the first para of "Growth in the 1980s". The rest of the section isn't my edit. I'll try to look for citations, but it will take time. Hkelkar 19:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC)