In Hyderabad, members of the Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal staged a protest against the celebration of Valentine's Day on Sunday. The group held events where they burned Valentine's Day greeting cards and held rallies with slogans against the celebration of the day. The Bajrang Dal activists gathered at various locations in the city and burnt effigies and greeting cards while condemning the practice as "western culture." They warned the people of Telangana not to celebrate the day on February 14th and urged them to embrace traditional values instead. The protest by the Bajrang Dal is part of their ongoing opposition to what they view as the spread of Western cultural practices in India.
