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In the broad context of Indian politics it would appear to him/her that the Left in all its diversity is actually part of one 'parivar' with one component doing nothing but parliamentary work and the other focusing only on armed struggles and the middle consisting of many combinations of these two extremes.
Archive 2006-08-01 Abhay N 2006
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The scion of the Nehru-Gandhi 'parivar' is on a march to take the Congress from strength to strength wherever the party is either in the opposition or is facing opposition from a formidable political rival.
The Times of India Ramesh Khazanchi 2010
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But the Thackeray 'parivar' squabble between Uddhav's Shiv Sena and Raj's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena now needs to be stopped.
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But the Thackeray 'parivar' squabble between Uddhav's Shiv Sena and Raj's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena now needs to be stopped.
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The scion of the Nehru-Gandhi 'parivar' is on a march to take the Congress from strength to strength wherever the party is either in the opposition or is facing opposition from a formidable political rival.
The Times of India Ramesh Khazanchi 2010
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Addressing a youth wing convention of the party here, Sanjay Dutt, actor and the SP candidate from Lucknow, called himself a member of the Samajwadi 'parivar' (family) and said he was ready to face lathis and bullets along with the other members of the "family" during the elections.
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It is all badly timed for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the political front of the "parivar" (the far-right "family"), preparing for a series of state-level elections as a run-up to the parliamentary polls early next year.
t r u t h o u t 2008
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Communal violence against minorities in Gujarat is connected to a rise of Hindu nationalism through grassroots mobilization by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajrang Dal, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) collectively form the 'sangh parivar'.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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Communal violence against minorities in Gujarat is connected to a rise of Hindu nationalism through grassroots mobilization by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajrang Dal, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) collectively form the 'sangh parivar'.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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Communal violence against minorities in Gujarat is connected to a rise of Hindu nationalism through grassroots mobilization by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajrang Dal, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) collectively form the 'sangh parivar'.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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