Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP general secretary, along with 350 other party members was booked by Indore police on a complaint of a tehsildar for threatening public officials. This complaint was reportedly filed after a video of Vijayvargiya went viral on social media where he can be seen saying, “Have they (top officers) become so big? The officers should understand that they are public servants.”
He is seen speaking to an officer telling him that he had written a letter to meet some top officials. He was present there to protest alleging that city officials were biased and taking “politically motivated” action against party workers. He was further heard saying, “Our Sangh (RSS) leaders are (here), otherwise would have set Indore on fire today.” He was referring to RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) leader Mohan Bhagwat who was present in the city for an internal conclave of RSS.
The video posted by a Twitter user can be viewed here:
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BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya openly threatening “to burn the city Indore”.
Ye hi hai inka asli roop. pic.twitter.com/WbcEBT0fux
— Mehul Jain (@MehulChoradia) January 3, 2020
Our take: Hate speech has become a popular trend amongst the BJP leadership and in BJP ruled states they are usually not booked for offences of hate speech. The Indore police, under the Kamalnath government, however, took prompt action and registered an FIR against a BJP leader. Somehow the BJP leadership has gotten used to the impunity that comes with their hate speech and the rampant increase in their hateful comments is evident.