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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| office = [[Member of Parliament | | office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | ||
| term_start = 3 April | | term_start = 3 April 2006 | ||
| term_end = 2 April 2018 | | term_end = 2 April 2018 | ||
| predecessor = | | predecessor = [[Janeshwar Mishra]] | ||
| successor = [[Kanta Kardam]] | | successor = [[Kanta Kardam]] | ||
| | | constituency1 = [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad (Ayodhya)]] | ||
| | | office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
| | | predecessor1 = [[Mitrasen Yadav]] | ||
| | | successor1 = [[Mitrasen Yadav]] | ||
| | | office2 = | ||
| alma_mater | | predecessor2 = [[Mitrasen Yadav]] | ||
| birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|11|11}} | | alma_mater = [[Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College]], [[Kanpur University]] | ||
| birth_place= [[Kanpur]], | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|11|11}} | ||
| education = B.Com | | birth_place = [[Kanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India | ||
| party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party | | education = B.Com | ||
| spouse=Ram Bethi | | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | ||
| spouse = Ram Bethi | |||
| termend2 = 10 March 1998 | |||
| termstart2 = 20 June 1991 | |||
| office3 = Founder-President of [[Bajrang Dal]] | |||
| termstart3 = 1984 | |||
| termend3 = 1995 | |||
| termstart1 = 10 October 1999 | |||
| termend1 = 6 February 2004 | |||
| successor2 = [[Mitrasen Yadav]] | |||
| constituency2 = [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad (Ayodhya)]] | |||
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] | |||
| successor3 = [[Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Vinay Katiyar''' (born 11 November 1954)<ref name=profile/> is a politician and | '''Vinay Katiyar''' (born 11 November 1954)<ref name=profile/> is a politician and | ||
the founder-[[president (corporate title)|president]] of [[Bajrang Dal]], the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) in | the founder-[[president (corporate title)|president]] of [[Bajrang Dal]], the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) in India. He has served as an All India General Secretary of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), and as a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in both the [[Lok Sabha]] and the [[Rajya Sabha]]. | ||
==Life and career== | ==Life and career== | ||
Katiyar was born | Katiyar was born in a [[Kurmi]] family<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2004 |title=BJP's Brahmin card topples Katiyar |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bjp-s-brahmin-card-topples-katiyar/cid/729576 |website=The Telegraph|location=India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pradhan |first=Sharat |date=June 2002 |title=Katiyar, a leader forged in the Ayodhya movement |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2002/jun/25kati.htm |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=[[Rediff]] |quote=Katiyar belongs to the powerful Kurmi community, .....}}</ref> to Devi Charan Katiyar and Shyam Kali in [[Kanpur]].<ref name="nocakewalk"> | ||
{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/04/stories/2004050401171400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141213193934/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/04/stories/2004050401171400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2014 |newspaper= | {{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/04/stories/2004050401171400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141213193934/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/04/stories/2004050401171400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2014 |newspaper=The Hindu |title=No cake walk for Vinay Katiyar |date=4 May 2004}}</ref> He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from [[Kanpur University]].<ref name="profile" /> | ||
Katiyar started his political journey with [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (ABVP), the student wing of the Sangh Parivar. He was the organizing secretary of ABVP's [[Uttar Pradesh]] state unit from 1970 to 1974, and the convener of the [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s [[Bihar Movement]] in 1974. He became a [[RSS pracharak|pracharak]] (full-time worker) of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) in 1980. He founded the [[Hindu Jagran Manch]] in 1982. In 1984, he was chosen to start the new youth [[Organization|organisation]] [[Bajrang Dal]] to support the [[Ram Janmabhoomi movement]].<ref name=profile/><ref> | Katiyar started his political journey with [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (ABVP), the student wing of the Sangh Parivar. He was the organizing secretary of ABVP's [[Uttar Pradesh]] state unit from 1970 to 1974, and the convener of the [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s [[Bihar Movement]] in 1974. He became a [[RSS pracharak|pracharak]] (full-time worker) of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) in 1980. He founded the [[Hindu Jagran Manch]] in 1982. In 1984, he was chosen to start the new youth [[Organization|organisation]] [[Bajrang Dal]] to support the [[Ram Janmabhoomi movement]].<ref name=profile/><ref> | ||
{{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-1850653011 | | {{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-1850653011 |page=363}} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
Later, Katiyar served as the President of Uttar Pradesh State Unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from 2002 to 18 July 2004 and the national General Secretary of the BJP from 2006.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url = http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2018|title = Detailed profile of Members of Parliament : Shri Vinay Katiyar|access-date = 18 December 2014|publisher = Government of India}}</ref> | Later, Katiyar served as the President of Uttar Pradesh State Unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from 2002 to 18 July 2004 and the national General Secretary of the BJP from 2006.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url = http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2018|title = Detailed profile of Members of Parliament : Shri Vinay Katiyar|access-date = 18 December 2014|publisher = Government of India}}</ref> | ||
Katiyar was elected to the Lok Sabha from the [[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)| | Katiyar was elected to the Lok Sabha from the [[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ayodhya (Lok Sabha constituency)]] to the 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 1999, and to the [[Rajya sabha|Rajya Sabha]] as a representative of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 2012.<ref name=profile/><ref name="Vinay Katiyar Wants To Retire From Politics">{{cite news |last1= |last2= |first2= |title=Vinay Katiyar Wants To Retire From Politics |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/vinay-katiyar-wants-to-retire-from-politics-744.html |access-date=25 June 2025 |work= |publisher=India TV News |date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625095640/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/vinay-katiyar-wants-to-retire-from-politics-744.html |archive-date=25 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
In a 2018 interview with [[Asian News International|ANI]]'','' Katiyar said that there was no need for Muslims to remain in India in the wake of its [[Partition of India|Partition]], and that Muslims in India should, instead, move to | In a 2018 interview with [[Asian News International|ANI]]'','' Katiyar said that there was no need for Muslims to remain in India in the wake of its [[Partition of India|Partition]], and that Muslims in India should, instead, move to Pakistan or Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/221888/bjp-vinay-katiyar-hate-mongering-streak-muslims-leave-india/|title=BJP's Vinay Katiyar Continues His Hate-Mongering, Says Muslims Should Leave India – The Wire|last=Staff|first=The Wire|website=thewire.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/muslims-should-not-stay-in-india-bjp-mp-vinay-katiyar-5054498/|title=Muslims should not stay in India: BJP MP Vinay Katiyar|date=2018-02-07|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hate-speech-from-bjps-vinay-katiyar-why-do-muslims-live-in-india-1809696|title=Hate Speech From BJP's Vinay Katiyar: "Why Do Muslims Live in India?"|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> These views were shared after his comments about the [[Taj Mahal]], claiming that the monument was a Hindu temple in the period of [[Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb's]] rule and implied that it would soon be returned to its 'original state' through its destruction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/867633/taj-mahal-will-soon-become-tej-mandir-says-bjp-mp-vinay-katiyar|title=Taj Mahal will soon become 'Tej Mandir', says BJP MP Vinay Katiyar|author=Scroll Staff|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/221262/taj-mahal-bjp-vinay-katiyar/|title=BJP MP Charged With Demolishing Babri Masjid Now Wants Taj Mahal Converted Into 'Tej Mandir' – The Wire|last=Staff|first=The Wire|website=thewire.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 25 June 2025
Vinay Katiyar | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Janeshwar Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Kanta Kardam |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 October 1999 – 6 February 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Mitrasen Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Mitrasen Yadav |
| Constituency | Faizabad (Ayodhya) |
| In office 20 June 1991 – 10 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Mitrasen Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Mitrasen Yadav |
| Constituency | Faizabad (Ayodhya) |
| Founder-President of Bajrang Dal | |
| In office 1984–1995 | |
| Succeeded by | Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1954 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ram Bethi |
| Education | B.Com |
| Alma mater | Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur University |
Vinay Katiyar (born 11 November 1954)[1] is a politician and the founder-president of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in India. He has served as an All India General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and as a Member of Parliament in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Katiyar was born in a Kurmi family[2][3] to Devi Charan Katiyar and Shyam Kali in Kanpur.[4] He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Kanpur University.[1]
Katiyar started his political journey with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Sangh Parivar. He was the organizing secretary of ABVP's Uttar Pradesh state unit from 1970 to 1974, and the convener of the Jayaprakash Narayan's Bihar Movement in 1974. He became a pracharak (full-time worker) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1980. He founded the Hindu Jagran Manch in 1982. In 1984, he was chosen to start the new youth organisation Bajrang Dal to support the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.[1][5]
Later, Katiyar served as the President of Uttar Pradesh State Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2002 to 18 July 2004 and the national General Secretary of the BJP from 2006.[1]
Katiyar was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ayodhya (Lok Sabha constituency) to the 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 1999, and to the Rajya Sabha as a representative of Uttar Pradesh in 2012.[1][6]
Controversies[edit | edit source]
In a 2018 interview with ANI, Katiyar said that there was no need for Muslims to remain in India in the wake of its Partition, and that Muslims in India should, instead, move to Pakistan or Bangladesh.[7][8][9] These views were shared after his comments about the Taj Mahal, claiming that the monument was a Hindu temple in the period of Aurangzeb's rule and implied that it would soon be returned to its 'original state' through its destruction.[10][11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Detailed profile of Members of Parliament : Shri Vinay Katiyar". Government of India. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ↑ "BJP's Brahmin card topples Katiyar". The Telegraph. India. 18 July 2004.
- ↑ Pradhan, Sharat (June 2002). "Katiyar, a leader forged in the Ayodhya movement". Rediff. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Katiyar belongs to the powerful Kurmi community, .....
- ↑
"No cake walk for Vinay Katiyar". The Hindu. 4 May 2004.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (1996). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 363. ISBN 978-1850653011.
- ↑ "Vinay Katiyar Wants To Retire From Politics". India TV News. 10 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ↑ Staff, The Wire. "BJP's Vinay Katiyar Continues His Hate-Mongering, Says Muslims Should Leave India – The Wire". thewire.in. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "Muslims should not stay in India: BJP MP Vinay Katiyar". The Indian Express. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hate Speech From BJP's Vinay Katiyar: "Why Do Muslims Live in India?"". NDTV.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ Scroll Staff. "Taj Mahal will soon become 'Tej Mandir', says BJP MP Vinay Katiyar". Scroll.in. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ Staff, The Wire. "BJP MP Charged With Demolishing Babri Masjid Now Wants Taj Mahal Converted Into 'Tej Mandir' – The Wire". thewire.in. Retrieved 20 February 2018.