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CJP files complaint against BJP MLA & Minister Nitesh Rane and right-wing leaders over alleged hate speeches in Maharashtra and West Bengal

Through detailed complaints submitted to senior police officials, CJP has alleged that speeches delivered in Mumbai, Pune, and Nadia promoted religious enmity, intimidation, violence, and economic boycott against Muslims, CJP has also cited Supreme Court directions and Maharashtra Police circulars mandating immediate preventive and penal action against hate speech and communal incitement

India tops online anti-Muslim hate posts, 3rd largest spike in Islamophobic tweets: 2022 Report

Report showed Islamophobia more prevalent on the web than it is in real life, only a mere 14.83% of anti-Muslim tweets end up being removed online

Crossing all limits, BJP MLA, T. Raja Singh calls for genocide & economic boycott of Muslims: Maharashtra

Singh, a serial hate offender, threatens Muslims who oppose the establishment of Hindu Rashtra with dire consequences, accusing them of "Land-Jihad," "Love-Jihad," and receiving money in exchange for trapping Hindu women

Take action against hate speech in Mira-Bhayandar: Residents, Opposition parties to Commissioner of Police

Hate speech against by Kajal Hindustani at a Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha event outside Mumbai sparks off anger

Hateful sloganeering at a Rang Panchami celebration in Madhya Pradesh

In spite of the festival being a time of joy and colour, the video's atmosphere is dreary

A roundup of the CJP’s efforts to curb hate speeches by Hindu Janajagruiti Samaj, from filing preemptive complaints to following up with officers

Complaints fall on deaf ears as, despite the SC guidelines, hate speech continues unabated, blatant inaction by the police

Maharashtra: Vitriolic speaker from Gujarat calls for economic boycott of Muslims in Mira-Bhayandar

Kajal Singhala, a so-called “activist” from Gujarat was called to Maharashtra by the Hindu Janakrosh morcha (event organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj ) to deliver a vicious speech that resorted to slur and hate against Muslims. She not only called for an economic boycott of the Muslim community but used derogatory terms and cooked up bizarre conspiracies to justify herself.

In line with the approaching Karnataka polls, BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa gives anti-Muslim speech

BJP MLA claims that Masjids were built in Mathura & Kashi after demolishing temples, promises rebuilding temples after demolishing these Masjids

HateWatch: Inciteful speech given by AHP leader Pravin Togadia at MPS Science College, Bihar

Togadia says after fifty years, our houses, our sisters and daughters, nothing will be safe; urges the audience to fight until death

Descendants of Tipu will not win, says BJP MLA in Karnataka

Adding fuel to the Tipu Sultan row in Karnataka and ahead of the assembly elections in the state, these comments were made by Basangouda Patil Yatnal

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