As of April 2008, there were more than 23,000 schools run by EVF, including 2,100 schools in the North Eastern states [REF].
EVF is associated with the Hindu nationalist organisations Vishva Hindu Parishad, which is in turn a member of the Sangh Parivar, the family of organisations run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) [REF].