Calls to ‘kill’ Muslims in hate speeches delivered at events in Haridwar, Delhi

In two separate incidents within a week members of rightwing groups delivered inflammatory speeches and administered oaths threatening to kill Muslims to make the country a Hindu nationThe first event took place in Haridwar where during a threeday hate speech conclave organised by Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand from December 17 to 19 multiple speeches were made against Muslims On December 19 in Delhi another event was organised by rightwing group Hindu Vuya Vahini where the members were seen taking an oath to ldquofight die and kill if required to make this country a Hindu rashtrardquoBJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay who was earlier involved in organising a rally in Delhirsquos Jantar Mantar where antiMuslim slogans were chanted was also present at the conclave in HaridwarInciting violence against the Muslims Yati Narsinghanand the organiser of the Haridwar event said ldquoEconomic boycott will not work No community can survive without picking up weapons and swords wonrsquot work they look good only on stages Hindu groups need to update weapons only they can protect usrdquoYati Narasinghanand promises to give 1 crore to any Hindu Sanyasi is ready to become Prabhakaran Says they need people like Prabhakaran Bhindranwale amp Shabeg Singh Jab tak ek Prabhakaran ek Bhindranwale aur ek Shabeg Singh tab tak Hindu Bach nahi sakta HaridwarHateAssembly pictwittercomvHLFcGG4cCmdash Mohammed Zubair zoo_bear December 22 2021ldquoIf you want to finish them off then kill them We need 100 soldiers who can kill 20 lakh of them to win thisrdquo said Annapurna Maa Mahamandleshwar of Niranjini Akhada and General Secretary of Hindu MahasabhaldquoIf you want to finish them off then ki them We need 100 soldiers who can kil 20 lakh of them to win thisrdquoAnnapurna Maa Mahamandleshwar of Niranjini Akhada and General secretary of Hindu Mahasabha HaridwarHateAssembly pictwittercom9CES82OWEXmdash Mohammed Zubair zoo_bear December 22 2021Another seer Dharamdas said he would have ldquofollowed the footsteps of Nathuram Godse to shoot former Prime Minister Manmohan Singhrdquo He was referring toSinghrsquos statement in Parliament in 2006 where he had said minorities must have the first claim on resources of the countryDharamdas Maharaj from BiharIf I was present in the parliament when PM Manmohan Singh said that minorities have first right over national resources I wouldve followed Nathuram Godse Id have shot him six times in the chest with a revolver HaridwarHateAssembly pictwittercomp5Li3gkPN2mdash Mohammed Zubair zoo_bear December 22 2021All India Trinamool Congress leader and RTI activist Saket Gokhale filed a complaint with the SHO at the Jwalanagar police station in Haridwar against the organisers and speakers at the threeday event The complaint has been filed against Yati Narsinghanand the organizer of the lsquoDharma Sansadrsquo Sagar Sindhu Maharaj Dharamdas Maharaj and Premanand Maharaj for making ldquoinflammatory and provocative speeches inciting violencerdquo against the MuslimsIve filed a complaint with SHO Jwalapur PS in Haridwar against the HaridwarHateAssembly conducted from 17th20th December at Ved Niketan DhamFailing the registration of an FIR against the organizers amp speakers in 24 hrs a plaint shall be made to the Judicial Magistrate httpstcohnUdNiurve pictwittercomXgv6FCu3ZMmdash Saket Gokhale SaketGokhale December 23 2021In Delhi the communally charged oath was administered by Sudarshan News EditorinChief Suresh Chavhanke reported The Scroll People present at the event said ldquoWe take an oath and make a resolution that till our last breath we will fight die for and if need be kill to make this country a Hindu rashtra and keep this country a Hindu rashtrardquoldquoLions and Lionesses of Hindu Yuva Vahini taking the oath of Hindu Rashtra with merdquo Chavhanke said in the video posted on Twitter He had also tagged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath HinduRashtra myogiadityanath pictwittercomAVt1QqHb1xmdash Suresh Chavhanke ldquoSudarshan Newsrdquo SureshChavhanke December 19 2021Criticising the act the Youth Congress took to Twitter and asked if the communal speech fell under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPAldquoWe take an oath to fight and kill Muslims to turn India into a Hindu only nationrdquoHindutva organization Hindu Yuva VahiniDoesnrsquot it fall under UAPA AmitShah pictwittercom7B9FzTtE9nmdash WB Youth Congress IYCWestBengal December 23 2021Two former defence chiefs too condemned the incendiary speeches and called for action against hatemongers Retired admiral Arun Prakash former Chief of Naval Staff said in a tweet ldquoWith our jawans facing enemies on two fronts do we want a communal bloodbath domestic turmoil and international disgracerdquoRetired Gen Ved Prakash Malik former chief of Army Staff said such events ldquodisturbed public harmony and affected national securityrdquoAIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi who asked party president in Uttarakhand to file a complaint against the Haridwar assembly referred to India being party to Genocide Convention 1948 under which incitement to genocide is a crime and asked if it was time to join the International Court of Justice so that ldquocrimes against humanity such as genocide ethnic cleansing and their incitement do not go unpunishedrdquoIncitement to genocide is a crime under Genocide Convention 1948 India is party to the Convention but has failed to punish criminals Is it time to join IntlCrimCourt so that crimes against humanity like genocide ethnic cleansing amp their incitement donrsquot go unpunished nnmdash Asaduddin Owaisi asadowaisi December 23 2021After videos of Narsinghanand went viral the Uttarakhand Police on Thursday filed an FIR against ldquoWasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagirdquo and others involvedAn FIR was registered under Section 153A of the IPC promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion related to the statements made at Haridwar event