Sources have added that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who represented Gorakhpur in the Indian parliament from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had been struggling with his shrinking margins of victory in the elections. Within weeks of the Gujarat violence, Adityanath announced the formation of an organization known as Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) or Vehicle for Hindu Youth.
Even though it was registered as a cultural organization, the HYV worked like a Hindu nationalist militia, trying to create a fear of minorities especially Muslims among the majority Hindus. Its preferred tactic was to frame every argument and altercation between a Hindu and Muslim in religious terms and turn it into a mini-sectarian riot.
According to Yogi Adityanath, India is a country which is from rich
Hinduism and he treats people spiritually. He made hate speeches against
minorities but he personally refrained from leading his militia and
participating in violence. His big moment arrived in the run-up to the 2014
national elections in India as Modi began his campaign to become the prime minister
of India.
