On August 17, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) files preventive action complaint before the Hyderabad Police against the Hindu right-wing organization “Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s proposed event “Hindu Rashtra Jagruti Andolan” held on August 17, 2024 at Dharna Chowk, Indira Park, Neat NTR gardens in Hyderabad, Telangana. CJP urge before Hyderabad Police that it is near certain that hate-ridden and provocative speeches will be delivered and calls for violence will be made, given the recent track record of the organization and the “principles” that they stand for. In this citizen’s petition have cited recent orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on steps that need to be taken, especially pre-emotive ones.
The events announced by the Hindu right-wing extremist organization “Hindu Janajagruti Samiti” in state of Maharashtra and across the country, created a challenge to communal harmony of the state and certainty of hateful speeches and rallies through such events, CJP pleaded the same before the authorities and asked for appropriate action against such events and rallies.
In the complaint, CJP highlighted that we have been monitoring the website of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, many events for the month of August are being planned in various parts of Maharashtra as well. The event planned in Hyderabad, Hindu Rashtra Jagruti Andolan, is to take place on August 17, 2024 at 3 PM. The link of their website: https://www.hindujagruti.org/events
CJP mentioned in its complaint that, the HJS runs a campaign advocating for the passing of anti-Love Jihad laws across the country. Extremist Right-wing Hindu groups have been using the term “love-Jihad” loosely, wielded by an aggressive majoritarianism, woven into a dominant Hindu narrative of religious extremism, Islamophobia, and communal hatred. It has also been provided on their website that HJS has been conducting regular workshops to make Hindus “aware” of the consequences of autonomous and free choice marriages, derogatively and provocatively termed as ‘Love Jihad.’ This Right-wing extremist organisation has also organized various events in the past advocating for the boycott of Halal and the economic boycott of Muslims in India. Other than this, their websites have also provided a communal colour to issues such as religious conversions and cow slaughter.
CJP further added that in the current environment of oppression and otherization of the Muslim community, such religious issues when portrayed in a prejudicial or hysterical way, without any rational basis to that questioning, with an intention to pitch views of only one segment/community amounts to stigmatizing of an already marginalized section.
Accordingly, CJP has urged Telangana Police, especially Hyderabad Police, to take preventive measures to stop this event from takin place and take any other action deemed necessary in this regard.
The complaint may be read here: