Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha
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Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha (Revolutionary Manu
ist Front), a Hindutva
political organisation in India
. It is one of the registered unrecognized political parties in India
. The president of KMM is Ram Kumar Bhardwaj, grandson of freedom fighter Rudra Dutt Bhardwaj.
In the Uttar Pradesh
state assembly elections in 2002 KMM nominated Dara Singh, the accused of the murder of Australia
n Christian
missionary Graham Staines
, from the Muzaffarnagar
and Ghaziabad constituencies. KMM also openly defended Singh's actions. The nomination sparked protests from the Christian community, and the All India Christian Council
demanded that KMM ought to be banned. The nomination was later withdrawn.
R.K. Bhardwaj did however stand as a candidate in the 2002 U.P. polls, contesting the Dadri seat. He got 531 votes (0.28%).
In the 2004 Lok Sabha
elections, R.K. Bhardwaj contested the Lucknow
seat (the seat of then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee) as the only KMM candidate in the country. Interestingly, Bhardwaj had made an appeal to secular parties to support him for the election, and claim support of Muslim political groups. Bhardwaj got 597 votes (0.1%).
Manu Smriti
' , also known as Mānava-Dharmaśāstra , is the most important and earliest metrical work of the Dharmaśāstra textual tradition of Hinduism...
ist Front), a Hindutva
Hindutva
Hindutva is the term used to describe movements advocating Hindu nationalism. Members of the movement are called Hindutvavādis.In India, an umbrella organization called the Sangh Parivar champions the concept of Hindutva...
political organisation in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is one of the registered unrecognized political parties in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The president of KMM is Ram Kumar Bhardwaj, grandson of freedom fighter Rudra Dutt Bhardwaj.
In the Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
state assembly elections in 2002 KMM nominated Dara Singh, the accused of the murder of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
missionary Graham Staines
Graham Staines
Dr. Graham Stuart Staines was an Australian Christian missionary who along with his two sons Philip and Timothy were burnt to death by a gang while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India on January 1999...
, from the Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar is a major city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was established in Mughal period by a Sayyid Jagirdar, Munawar Lashkar Ali, and so named in honour of his father, Muzaffar Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of the Muzaffarnagar district. It is a...
and Ghaziabad constituencies. KMM also openly defended Singh's actions. The nomination sparked protests from the Christian community, and the All India Christian Council
All India Christian Council
The All India Christian Council is a nation-wide alliance of Christian denominations, mission agencies, institutions, federations and Christian lay leaders....
demanded that KMM ought to be banned. The nomination was later withdrawn.
R.K. Bhardwaj did however stand as a candidate in the 2002 U.P. polls, contesting the Dadri seat. He got 531 votes (0.28%).
In the 2004 Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
elections, R.K. Bhardwaj contested the Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
seat (the seat of then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee) as the only KMM candidate in the country. Interestingly, Bhardwaj had made an appeal to secular parties to support him for the election, and claim support of Muslim political groups. Bhardwaj got 597 votes (0.1%).