Hyderabad, March 26 -- The far-right Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) recently organized a program in Sangareddy, Telangana, where it distributed trishuls (tridents) to hundreds of its members.

A video circulating on social media shows Bajrang Dal activists holding trishuls and taking an oath to protect Hindu Dharma.

Around 500 local people attended the program and took the oath.

According to the organizers, the participants were mainly Bajrang Dal activists who vowed to protect Hindu identity.

According to Citizens for Justice and Peace, a human rights watchdog group, these events-where tridents are distributed and oaths are administered to "protect Hindu identity"-have become platforms for promoting exclusionary ideologies and inciting c...