Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist of India, has fought against the anti-corruption activities of India and tried to solve the issues of various types and through his works & life journey so many criticism, allegations were raised on Swami Agnivesh as well.
• Swami Agnivesh Political Career Life & Political Works: - Swami Agnivesh Maharaj founded Arya Sabha, which is a political party formed on Arya Samaj principals, in the year 1970 and later introduced a book written by him in 1974 named ‘Vaidik Samajvad’. In 1977, Swami Agnivesh became a member of Haryana Legislative Assembly and took the responsibilities of Haryana State Education Minister from 1979 to 1982. Swami Agnivesh founded Bonded Labour Liberation Front in 1981 to solve the issues of bonded labours in India. After wards, in 1983, Swami Agnivesh was arrested on police cases of subversion & murder and jailed for 14-months and later acquitted. Later on Swami Agnivesh fought against various anti-social activities, anti-corruption activities & Jharkhand Maoist activities.

• Criticisms of Swami Agnivesh – Police Cases Allegations on Swami Agnivesh: - Swami Agnivesh has been severely criticized by some Hindu groups for statements they view as anti-Hindu. In 2005, Swami Agnivesh stated that the Puri Jagannath Temple should be opened to non-Hindus; this led to the priests of the temple condemning his remarks as "purely anti-Hindu in nature" and burning him in effigy. In May 2011, hundreds of Hindu priests protested against Swami Agnivesh’s claim that ice stalagmite that they believe resembles Lord Shiva is just a piece of ice; during the protest the priests burned him in effigy. According to the Kashmir Observer, the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu nationalist political party, offered a 20 lakh bounty for killing Swami Agnivesh, for negative statements he made about Kashmir and Baba Amarnath. On 8th November 2011, Supreme Court condemned Swami Agnivesh for hurting the sentiments of Hindu People by commenting on Amarnath Pilgrimage. The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dutta and Justice C.K. Prasad told Swami Agnivesh that he should weigh his words "many a time before uttering them lest it hurts the sentiments of the people".
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