Obama asked to inquire into "pro-Hindu" groups' Indian link

NEW YORK: A rights watchdog has asked US President-elect Barak Obama to closely scrutinize the linkages of "pro-Hindu" groups with communal forces in India.

Expressing concern over some Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and other outfits sending money to Hindu fundamentalist groups, the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) yesterday wrote a letter to Obama and called for closely scrutinizing their linkages to communal forces in India.

In the letter, CAG identified VHP America, India Development and Relief Fund and Ekal Vidyalaya as among the organisations funding fundamentalist bodies in India.

They claim to be independent of RSS and VHP in India but are connected with them and share their ideology and project partnerships, the letter added.