Ranjit Savarkar, grandson of Hindutva figure VD Savarkar, on Friday called for an economic boycott of the Muslim community and exhorted Hindus to carry out “only Hindu-to-Hindu” trade.
He was speaking at the inauguration of a six-day ‘Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav’ being held in Goa.
The event was organised by organised by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, which is allied to Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindutva militant group whose members were accused in the murder of many human rights defenders, according to Indian Express.
Ranjit also asked Hindu seers to tell their followers to eat only ‘jhatka’ meat so that “our money” does not go to Muslim butchers, the newspaper reported.
“The campaign should be that we will not trade with Islam. Trade will be between Hindus…,” he said.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is the chief ideologue of India’s Hindu nationalist movement.
