Right-wing groups demand ban on non-Hindus at garbas

With Navratri festivities having begun across the country, Hindu organisations have asked Garba dance venues to restrict entry to only Hindus.

- Manoi Ramakrishnan

The Sakal Hindu Samaj, a grouping of right-wing Hindu groups from the state, has warned against non-Hindu visitors at festival venues, calling them foot soldiers of "love jihad".

A social media post by Sakal Hindu Samaj referred to the Shraddha Walkar murder case where the 27-year-old Vasai resident was killed and her body dismembered by her boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala in Delhi in May 2022. Shraddha's father has alleged his daughter was a victim of "love jihad". Poonawala is currently in jail.