Orissa:
The decadal growth of the Sangh Parivar in Orissa from the martyrdom of Graham Stuart Staines and his sons on January 22, 1999, and of Father Bernard digal in the violence of August 2008
RSS the mother organization now has 6,000 shakhas with a 1,50,000 plus cadre.
The VHP has 1,25,000 primary workers in Orissa.
The Bajrang Dal has 50,000 activists working in 200 shakhas.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has above 4,50,000 workers.
The Durga Vahini, the women's group has 7,000 outfits in 117 sites.
The Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, another gender group, has 80 centres
Bharatiya Majdoor [labour] Sangh manages 171 trade unions with a cadre of 1,82,000 members.
The strong Bharatiya Kisan [farmers] Sangh has 30,000 in 100 blocks.
Other Sangh front organisations include Friends of Tribal Society,
Samarpan Charitable Trust, Sookruti, Yasodha Sadan, Eklavya Vidyalayas [schools], Vanvasi Kalyan Ashrams and Parishads , Vivekananda Kendras, Shikha Vikas Samitis and Sewa Bharatis.
Kandhamal district, one of Orissa's thirty, has 2,415 villages, the two towns of Phulbani and Balliguda. Orissa's 36.8 million population has a mere 2.4 per cent Christians, 2.1 per cent Muslims.
[Data courtesy Census of India, Survey of India, Prof Angana Chatterji [US] and others]
VIOLENCE IN THE STATES SINCE AUGUST 2008
ORISSA:
14 (of 30) Districts hit 315 Villages destroyed
4,640 Houses burnt [State government estimates 4,215]
54,000 Homeless initially
120 People murdered
7 Priests/ Pastors killed
10 Fathers/Pastors/Nuns injured
2 Rapes confirmed [One of Nun]
252 Churches destroyed [estimated by State government]
13 Schools, colleges destroyed
2. KARNATAKA
8 (of 29) Districts affected
33 Churches attacked update again
53 Christians injured in attacks, including Nuns assaulted by state police.
3. TAMIL NADU
12 Churches attacked
4. MADHYA PRADESH
5 Churches damaged
5. KERALA
4 Churches damaged
6. DELHI
2 Churches damaged/destroyed
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