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Sadhvi Prachi

Sadhvi Prachi is a radical Hindutva politician^[1] and member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.^[2]

Biography and career[edit]

Sadhvi Prachi was born as Prachi Arya in a lower-middle-class family in Sirsali village in Uttar PradeshinBagpat District.^[3]

Prachi entered public life and the Sangh Parivar as a trainee and member of the Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, which is the women's arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), but gained attention as a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).^[4]

On 13 July 2016, she announced a reward of ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) to anyone willing to behead Zakir Naik.^[5]

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External links[edit]

• Official website

Further reading[edit]

• Jaffrelot, Christophe (1996). The Hindu nationalist movement in India. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-10335-0.
• Jaffrelot, Christophe (2005). The Sangh Parivar: a reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-566929-9.
• Basu, Amrita; Jeffery, Patricia (1998). Appropriating gender: women's activism and politicized religion in South Asia. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-91866-4.
• Kapadia, Karin (2002). The violence of development: the political economy of gender. London: Zed. ISBN 978-1-84277-207-2.