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	Godhra
		A few eye-witnesses have testified that there was an altercation between a Kar Sevak and a Muslim tea vendor at the railway station preceding the catastrophe, apparently over the payment of the due amount.
		Some people claim that this incident had happened when the Kar Sevaks were on the way to Ayodhya, a few days earlier at the same station.
		Kar sevaks are claimed by some to be an informal police force of the Sangh Parivar, who use violence as a means of solving social conflict, but are claimed by others to be those who indulge in social service by being attached to a Hindu temple.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/g/go/godhra.html (801 words)

	Indian Express: Among the kar sevaks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The year was 1992 and we had hitched on to the kar sevak bandwagon -- a foolish decision, in hindsight -- for a free ride to Ayodhya, and from there on to Allahabad.
		When we reached Lucknow (we were six kar sevaks and five vagabonds) on the fourth the city was awash in saffron, with posters calling upon the crusaders to march on Ayodhya and do the needful.
		Thetown was a sea of tents, relieved by the sharp spires of the temples.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981024/29751034p.html (666 words)

	No plot behind Godhra train blaze case: Review committee on Pota releases report -DAWN - International; June 2, 2005
		NEW DELHI: An altercation between kar sevaks and Muslim tea vendors and an alleged attempt to abduct a Muslim girl at Godhra railway station were among the couple of incidents which were referred to by the central review committee on Pota in its report.
		It is mentioned in the supplementary chargesheet that the kar sevaks had an altercation with the tea vendors and other hawkers at the Godhra railway station.
		It is further mentioned that in the meantime one kar sevak had tried to tease a Muslim girl, who along with her mother and sister, ran away to the booking office situated nearby.
	www.dawn.com /2005/06/02/int13.htm (350 words)

	HardNews - Scalding questions
		Although it was and has been widely and repeatedly propagated that all the 58 who lost their lives were the kar sevaks returning from a "pilgrimage" to Ayodhya, it is obvious from news reports that all of them were not kar sevaks.
		These kar sevaks, armed with trishuls (tridents) and acting as an organized group had intruded into practically all coaches and forced out the authorised passengers who took shelter in other coaches or shared their berths with the intruders.
		As the expected victory turned into resounding defeat, consigning the BJP to the fourth position in the state, the dejected kar sevaks were returning in an obviously bad mood, which is supported by reports of their behaviour in Lucknow and other stations.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /mar05/debate.php (1177 words)

	HOW ADVANI WENT SCOT-FREE
		On July 5, the CBI's advocate, S.S. Gandhi, opened the case and cited statements by witnesses testifying to inflammatory speeches and to instigation of the kar sevaks to demolish the mosque.
		When the kar sevaks had climbed the domes in large numbers and were demolishing them, none of the leaders prevented anyone or told to stop.
		In the rush of shouts and the milling confusion he could be overheard telling the kar sevaks to block all entry points to Ayodhya to stop anyone entering the town.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2102/stories/20040130002204700.htm (4691 words)

	Kar sevaks violate prohibitory orders again- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ayodhya: chanting hymns, kar sevaks on tuesday took out a march from one camp to another in the holy city, violating prohibitory orders for the second day running.
		carrying banners and raising slogans, nearly 300 kar sevaks, mostly women, took out the march from kar sevak puram to ram sevak puram covering a distance of one-km.
		checking and patrolling at city's border was intensified to prevent kar sevaks from entering ayodhya.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow.asp?art_id=2865632 (300 words)

	BJP begins kar seva to rebuild quake-hit houses
		The kar seva programme announced by the BJP to re-build houses in the quake-affected areas would commence from April 2 in 30 different talukas.
		The kar sevaks from different parts of the state left for their respective destinations, according to an official press release.
		In the second and third phase, the number of kar sevaks to be sent to the affected villages would be increased.
	www.ahmedabad.com /incity/2k1/apr/2bjp.htm (299 words)

	The Mystery E-Mail
		These kar sevaks, after having tea and snacks at the railway stall, broke down the stall after having some argument with the stall owner and they proceeded back to the departing train.
		All the kar sevaks came out from their reserved compartments and started to have tea and snacks, at the small tea stall on the platform, which was being run by an old bearded man from the minority community.
		But instead of listening to her woes, the kar sevaks lifted the young girl and took her inside their compartment (S-6) and closed the compartment door shut.
	www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/Godhra/godhra051.htm (1056 words)

	Taming of the VHP
		Over 30,000 kar sevaks were arrested all over Uttar Pradesh and a few thousand who managed to sneak into and surface in Ayodhya on October 17 were promptly rounded up and dropped outside the city.
		On that day, though the government claimed that kar sevaks were being allowed to go for darshan, in reality anyone remotely resembling a kar sevak was arrested and taken outside Ayodhya.
		Despite such measures, a few thousand kar sevaks managed to reach Karsevakpuram, the VHP's headquarters in Ayodhya, and tried to hold their sammelan enthused by the sudden appearance of Ashok Singhal, symbolically dressed in saffron.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2022/stories/20031107007900600.htm (1672 words)

	The Hindu : `Kar sevaks' hiding, waiting for D-day
		As the Government attempts to prevent a build-up of `kar sevaks' in Ayodhya, organisers of the temple construction programme have embarked on a changed strategy to ensure the participation of up to one lakh ``kar sevaks'' in the March 15 programme.
		While the authorities insist that the number of ``kar sevaks'' in the town is declining fast with each passing day, sources said thousands of them are still present in the town waiting for March 15 and many more were ``infiltrating'' despite Ayodhya being virtually sealed.
		Even as the two camps set up for ``kar sevaks'' wore a deserted look, thousands of activists of the Bajrang Dal, the Shiv Sena and the VHP have been scattered in small groups all over Ayodhya to avoid the glare of authorities and media, the sources said.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/03/06/stories/2002030603201100.htm (393 words)

	BJP karseva fails to meet set targets
		Shyamji Dangar, a resident of Sapeda village, told that ever since the kar sevaks have come, all they have managed is to clear debris from a few places.
		Chhitu Rathwa, a kar sevak from Chhotaudepur, admits that they have not been able to start work, as the required material has not reached the village.
		The party leaders may not admit but the fact remains that majority of the kar sevaks are eyeing for a break in politics.
	www.ahmedabad.com /news/2k1/apr/7karseva.htm (452 words)

	Kar Sevaks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Kar Sevak is used to refer to people who offer their services for free (volunteer) to a religious cause.
		It originates from the Sanskrit words kar (hand) and sevak (helper).
		It has been used to refer to people who offered their services at Ayodhya to build the Ram temple and rather controversially to refer to people who demolished the Babri Masjid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karsevaks (109 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The kar sevaks rejected the counsel’s defence of the deputy Prime Minister as a “total lie”.
		Adhi Venkateswar Rao, the self-styled national convener of the 13,000-strong Akhila Bharatiya Ayodhya Ram Mandir Kar Sevak Sangh, said the counsel’s charge of a conspiracy to defame Advani was “baseless”.
		Over a decade later, both the kar sevaks feel cheated that the temple remains a dream despite the so-called sacrifice of thousands of their brothers.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030610/asp/nation/story_2053489.asp (461 words)

	[Reader-list] a different report on the godhra train incident (fwd) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These kar sevaks, after having tea and > snacks at the railway stall, > >broke down the stall after having some argument > with the stall owner and > >they processed back to the departing train.
		All > >the > >kar sevaks came out from their reserved > compartments and started to have > >tea > >and snacks, at the small tea stall on the platform, > which was being run by > >an old bearded man from the minority community.
		These two men > then came to the bogey in > >which the girl was and started to bang at the > door and requested the kar > >sevaks to leave the girl alone.
	mail.sarai.net /pipermail/reader-list/2002-March/001237.html (1203 words)

	[sacw] SACW: 'Historical wrong by the extreme Right' by AG Noorani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Inconsistently enough, they spoke of provocation to the kar sevaks and tried indirectly to justify the demolition, arguing that it had a background that needed to be understood.
		The filing of affidavits is called a "tactical move": "The game plan was not to allow the Centre to pre-empt the arrival of the kar sevaks at Ayodhya by dismissing the UP Government and deploying paramilitary forces in and around Ayodhya." In law, such a "game plan" constitutes a criminal conspiracy.
		Kar Sewaks would perform last Kar Seva." When he came to know that central force was proceeding from Faizabad to Ayodhya then he [Advani] asked the public to block National highway so that central forces do not reach Ram Janambhoomi.
	bridget.jatol.com /pipermail/sacw_insaf.net/2000/000828.html (4850 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> The Ayodhya crisis -> Kar sevaks' camps under siege in Ayodhya
		Ayodhya: A virtual siege has been laid at camps set up for kar sevaks as authorities braced themselves up to meet the situation when kar sevaks from neighbouring districts start arriving in the holy city on March 7 as per schedule.
		Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has chalked out a schedule for kar sevaks from various countries and as per programme, kar sevaks from Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to arrive in Ayodhya from March 7.
		He said an effective way to prevent congregation of kar sevaks in Ayodhya was to stop them at their places of origin.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/ayodhya/06karsevaks.html (229 words)

	India
		It became clear the moment kar sevaks began demolishing the disputed structure that in the Hindu Rashtra [state] the minority communities would have no right to live, not to speak of social interaction; that freedom of expression would be non-existent; and that truth would be only what rulers perceive.
		It was widely known among the kar sevaks in Ayodhya and reported by the Uttar Pradesh police to the state administration that the central forces in Ayodhya would not use firearms on December 6.
		Kar sevaks were considered special guests by the administration and official machinery was used to make their life comfortable in Ayodhya.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/India1.htm (14164 words)

	first hand accounts
		The kar sevaks, with ropes and rods had roped a rock pile and were tugging at it from different directions.
		Kar sevaks were clearing the rubble to make way for some sort of a structure.
		For the job there were separate groups of kar sevaks who climbed up the disputed structure from the north and south.
	cpim.org /pd/2002/dec08/08122002_babri04_accounts.htm (986 words)

	Fear in the air
		Swami, by announcing in Ayodhya that the restrictions on road and rail traffic would be removed, blatantly acceded to the demands of the VHP to open to kar sevaks the gates of Ayodhya.
		It stated that in view of the developments in Gujarat and the assemblage of kar sevaks in Ayodhya, there were apprehensions that any sloganeering would directly or indirectly incite public sentiments, affecting the law and order situation.
		The 500-odd kar sevaks who were present in Karsevakpuram until March 8 have been trained in shifting the prefabricated pillars to the construction site.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1906/19060200.htm (1266 words)

	The Provocation in Godhra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These kar sevaks, after having tea and snacks at the railway stall, broke down the stall after having some argument with the stall owner and they processed back to the departing train.
		These two men then came to the bogey in which the girl was and started to bang at the door and requested the kar sevaks to leave the girl alone.
		The compartment-adjoining compartment S-6 on both sides contained kar sevaks of the VHP who were carrying banners that had long bamboo stick attached to them.
	free.hostdepartment.com /html/a/altvoice/godhra.htm (1169 words)

	News Headings
		All roads leading to it are barricaded and decorated for thousands of devotees, who cutting across faiths, continue to throng the temple to perform "kar seva" for the desiltation of the holy tank.
		A kar seva samiti is overlooking the task.
		Besides the "kar seva", work on the beautification and expansion of the Durgiana Complex is on and so is the work on gold-plating of the main Lakshmi Narayan Temple.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb21/head4.htm (489 words)

	Shia News \| Asia \| RSS chief buries his Babri Mosque bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This manual demolition story is a marked departure from his earlier deposition that some people disguised as kar sevaks sneaked inside the building and blew it up with bombs camouflaged as bricks.
		All that was planned by them, he said, was a "peaceful kar seva" in which the kar sevaks were to carry small quantities of sand from the nearby Saryu river and reverentially pour it at the site.
		In fact, he said, Rao never wanted the kar seva programme to fail so that "the sadhus, sants and kar sevaks would get enraged with the VHP and the BJP and would never turn up at their call in future.
	www.shianews.com /hi/asia/news_id/0000779.php (685 words)

	Death train: the mystery simmers, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 10
		Local accounts say that stories of the behaviour of kar sevaks (believed to be as many as 1,200 or so on board) had preceded the train's arrival.
		One elderly vendor on the platform was threatened by the kar sevaks and asked to shout slogans; they pulled his beard and assaulted him when he refused.
		Sloganeering started: "Kar sevak, amar raho!" and "Hindu ekta Zindabad", as small bundles carrying the victims' remains were offloaded on to waiting stretchers.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/15052002/1505200249.htm (3148 words)

	A simple beginning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These kar sevaks, after having tea and snacks at the railway stall, tore down the stall after having an argument with the stall owner and they returned to the departing train.
		Hearing the chaos, the 16-year-old daughter of the old man, who was also present at the station, came forward and tried to save her father from the kar sevaks.
		But instead of listening to her pleas, the kar sevaks lifted the young girl and took her inside their compartment (S-6) and closed the compartment door shut.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=9§ion=0&article=13351&d=10&m=3&y=2002 (852 words)

	Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002: An inquiry into the carnage in Gujarat
		Many passengers felt harassed by this behaviour but were constrained to silence because the kar sevaks had captured all the reserved seats and the train was jam-packed.
		There were some reports to the effect that a Muslim girl was molested by the kar sevaks who attempted to pull her into the train.
		The obvious reason for this was to enable some of the kar sevaks who were still left behind on the platform to enter the train.
	www.sabrang.com /tribunal/volI/godhra.html (967 words)

	SC didn't ban kar sevaks entry in 1992: Kalyan : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rejecting the charge that there was no contingency plan to protect the disputed structure in Ayodhya, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh said on Saturday that the number of kar sevaks had swelled up on December 6, 1992 as the Supreme court order had not put restriction on their entry to the holy city.
		Asserting that the contingency plan was in place, he told the Liberhan Commission that the apex court order allowing symbolic kar seva and subsequent advertisement of the order led to the rush of kar sevaks in lakhs.
		The order had not prohibited the entry of kar sevaks to Ayodhya and Faizabad so we did not ban their entry," Singh told the commission, probing the demolition of disputed structure.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1189245,001300020001.htm (232 words)

	rediff.com: Kar sevaks were impatient, Advani tells Ayodhya panel
		Union Home Minister L K Advani Tuesday said the kar sevaks had demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya because they felt that the leaders of the Ayodhya movement would not be able to build the Ram temple through the due process of law.
		"Maybe the kar sevaks felt that the leaders of the Ram temple movement failed to build the temple by due process of law and in their impatience took a wrongful course," Advani stated before the Liberhan Commission probing the demolition.
		Referring to the acquisition of land for the construction of the temple, he pointed out that the kar sevaks' anger could have been diverted if the land had been acquired.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/10advani.htm (217 words)

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