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CJP flags ‘communal polarisation campaign’ in Bengal polls, seeks action against BJP leaders over election speeches
CJP has filed two separate complaints before election authorities and police in West Bengal, alleging that speeches by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and BJP candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay sought to polarise voters through religious appeals, anti-minority rhetoric, and fear-based narratives, thereby violating the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws, and constitutional principles
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Rampant hate speeches in Solapur, anti-Muslim sentiments spread
Anti-Muslim attitudes abound, calls of violence raised, threats issued over the weekend
Controversial figures, including Suresh Chavhanke, incite discord at MP event with alleged disinformation, divisive rhetoric
Far right leaders seemingly threaten and endorse violence against Muslims and Christians a series of events in Madhya Pradesh.
Hate-speech deployed by right-wing groups demanding UCC, Population Control Bill
Rallies organised by Hindutva organisations use divisive rhetoric and conspiracy theories about Muslims and Christians
Anti – Muslim Hate Speech at Delhi’s Famous Stadium
Hate Speech against Muslims echoes at Delhi's Talkatora Stadium as Hindu hardliners, including VHP's Praveen Togadia, raise calls for violence against Hindus.
Hindu Janjagran Manch Leader Delivers Hate Speech, Advocates Economic Boycott of Muslims
Controversial figure Kamal Gautam sparks outrage with divisive, threatening rhetoric while holding a position as a government school teacher
Unchecked Hate Speech Sparks Concerns for communal Harmony in Himachal Pradesh
Communal sentiments are roused in Himachal Pradesh as Hindu Jagran Manch's Kamal Gautam makes incendiary statements in yet another incident of hate speech.
Supreme Court issues notice in contempt charges against Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand
Narsinghanand had made insulting remarks against the SC and the Indian Constitution, notice has been issued without returnable date
Malegaon targeted by arrows of hate has seen a rich and varied past
Malegaon, a city in the Nashik district of north-western Maharashtra state is the latest target of Hindutva’s hate and vitriol with highly charged hate speeches being delivered here on July 3, organized by the notorious Sakal Hindu Samaj; with a chequered communal history of clashes, the city witnessed the bomb blasts of September 2008
Sakal Hindu Samaj: Another video surfaces, speaker openly calls for violence against Muslims in Malegaon
In the said rally held in Maharashtra, demands for law providing capital punishment to ‘love-jihadis’ were raised
Maharashtra: Threats of violence made, anti-Muslim insults used at the Hindu Janakroash Morcha in Malegaon
Far-right leaders publicly attacked the Muslim community in yet another blatant demonstration of impunity
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