Pravin Togadia
Praveen Togadia (born in 1956) is the International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Hindu religious organization. He is a distinguished cancer surgeon.
Togadia has asserted in interviews that he does not mandate violence in the Hindutva movement, and stressed that he was not against minorities. He claims that VHP is an international organization which speaks for Hindus. He also claims that the majority of the work concerning the emancipation of the lower castes is not done by Christian missionaries but by Hindu organizations.[1]
Born in 1956 in a simple farmer family, a boy of age 8 nurtured the dream of becoming a doctor to serve the nation. At the age of 10, he came to a big city Ahmedabad from a small village in Gujarat to fulfill this dream. His mother back in village selling milk & taking care of a small farm helped his dream come true when along with his studies & cooking own food from the tender age of 11 under the leaking roof of a tin shed in a slum, this boy took the path of a goal of Hindu wellbeing. At such young age he was taken into the RSS fold & his association with RSS now is over 40 years as Swayamsevak & also on various posts.
References
- ^ 'Nobody has the right to convert anybody in India', Praveenbhai Togadia Chat