For nearly two decades, seven US-based groups, affiliated with the Sangh parivar, have spent over $158 million (Rs 1,227 crore) on various projects, including sending money to India, as per a new report by the South Asia Citizen Web.
The 93-page report has compiled the financial spending of Hindutva civil society groups, tracking their expenditure not only on sending money to affiliates in India but also to influence legislation in the context of textbooks and academic output related to religion and history, and amplify foreign policy priorities of the NDA government.
It noted that the rise of white nationalists and alleged Russian-backed disinformation networks had raised awareness about the “notion of information ecosystems that enable certain groups of people to see the world through a lens of grievance, a set of strategies similar to those used by diasporic Hindu nationalism”.
In total, the report names and traces the activities of 24 US Hindu nationalist organisations that have assets totalling nearly $100 million, as per the latest public records.
— source thewire.in | 30/May/2022