A 501-page document outlining blueprint of Akhand Hindu Rashtra (Unified Hindu Nation) has been finalized and is scheduled for unveiling at the Mahakumbh before being submitted to the central government on February 2, Basant Panchami.
Drafted by a 25-member committee of scholars under the Hindu Rashtra Samvidhan Nirmal Samiti, the document draws ideological and governance principles from Hindu scriptures, including the Ramayana, Krishna’s teachings, Manusmriti, and Chanakya’s Arthashastra.
The drafting committee included scholars from institutions such as Banaras Hindu University, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (Varanasi), and Central Sanskrit University (New Delhi).
Swami Anand Swaroop Maharaj, patron of the committee, told reporters at the Mahakumbh on Monday that their target was to make India a Hindu nation by 2035. “Human values are in the nucleus of our Constitution. The Constitution upholds human values and is not against other religions. However, individuals engaged in “anti-national activities” would face stricter punishments under new framework,” Swaroop, the head of Shambhavi Peeth in Varanasi, said.
Kameshwar Upadhyaya, the committee’s president, echoed this sentiment, stating that the proposed constitution aims to establish governance rooted in Hindu scriptures and traditions.
A religious leader from Varanasi, speaking anonymously to the Telegraph, acknowledged that while the proposal might appear extreme at present, “this is how ideas enter public discourse and, over time, gain legitimacy.”
“Over 300 amendments have been made in the Indian Constitution in the last seven decades but our scriptures are the same for the last several thousand centuries. There are 127 Christian, 57 Muslim and 15 Buddhist countries. Even the Jews have Israel. But the Hindus, whose population is over 175 crore across the world, have no Hindu nation,” he added.
The Hindu ‘constitution’ provides for a ‘unicameral’ legislature while making military service compulsory for every citizen. The agricultural income has been completely exempted from tax in the ‘constitution’, according to the reports.
Only the followers of the Sanatan Dharma would have the right to contest the elections under the ‘constitution’ of the ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and only the followers of the religions of the Indian subcontinent–Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism–would be allowed vote in the polls.
The members of the ‘Dharm Sansad’ (Parliament) would be entitled only to constituency allowance, simple security and a vehicle. ‘’The candidates for the Dharm Sansad will have to be a student of Vedic Gurukula (school),’’ one of the seers, associated with the Committee which prepared the ‘Constitution’, said.
The document, reportedly drafted over a span of 12 months and 12 days, will require approval from the four Shankaracharyas before its formal presentation to the government.
