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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

CJP files complaint against Sudhir Chaudhary’s show on Aaj Tak for its communal narrative

In his show, Chaudhary alleged that ‘Love Jihad’ is a motive for Muslim men to enter Garba pandals

Supreme Court trains its gaze on hate speech, once again

After a ruling in September 2022, two more benches of India’s top court take cognizance of the threats to violence caused by hate speech in October

Hardline Hindutva leaders give call to bear weapons, chop off hands, heads of minorities

Open call for violence made at same VHP rally where Parvesh Verma called for economic boycott of a particular community

BJP MP Parvesh Verma calls for total boycott of a particular community

Though he does not specifically name the community, he was referring to an alleged case of murder where all accused are from the Muslim community

How the Supreme Court has interpreted hate speech over decades

A close look at the law and jurisprudence around hate speech over decades

Uttar Pradesh: Jagran singer asks people to stock up on machetes to fight for Hindu Rashtra

Dharmendra Pandey, while performing at an event in Itwa, Siddharthnagar, also urged women to sharpen their tongs

Yati Narsinghanand booked for call to blow up madrasas

The controversial spiritual leader also suggested that madrasa students should be sent to detention camps

Marry Hindu men to avoid triple talaq: Suresh Chavhanke’s advice to Muslim women

Says this way they won't have to become baby making factories, and their children will not grow up to become terrorists

Supreme Court refuses to extend interim bail granted to Jitendra Tyagi, asks him to surrender

Court refused to extend Interim medical bail granted on May 17

Prophet row: Hyderabad cops arrest youth from homes after protests intensify

The angry youth at Shalibanda were demanding the arrest of Raja Singh after he passed derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad in a video released on August 22

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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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