{"id":163820,"date":"2023-08-30T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=163820"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:58:14","slug":"nuh-after-godhra-was-just-a-trailer-say-hindutva-leaders-in-delhi-punjab-cops-stop-jantar-mantar-meet-midway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/nuh-after-godhra-was-just-a-trailer-say-hindutva-leaders-in-delhi-punjab-cops-stop-jantar-mantar-meet-midway\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuh & after: ‘Godhra was just a trailer,’ say Hindutva leaders in Delhi, Punjab; cops stop Jantar Mantar meet midway"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal announced\u00a0<\/span>nationwide protests<\/a> against the communal clashes in Nuh, Haryana, Right Wing outfits such as United Hindu Front, Hindu Mahasabha, All India Sanatan Foundation and Hindu Sena followed suit and organised \u2018rosh pradarshan\u2019 and \u2018mahapanchayats\u2019 in several states. <\/span><\/p>\n

On August 18, Alt News reported<\/span><\/a> on nine such meetings where hate speech against Muslims and open calls for violence filled the air. This report documents and analyses a few more instances of such protest rallies and demonstrations — in Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Jharkhand — constituting divisive and provocative speeches and slogans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The participants of these protest rallies and meetings indulged in hate speech and raised provocative slogans including open calls for violence against Muslims and their economic boycott, on several occasions in the presence of police. The ‘Goli Maro Saalon Ko’ slogan made popular by BJP leader Anurag Thakur<\/a> was used in almost each one of the meets. In Fazilka, Punjab, VHP leader Paras Bishnoi said Muslims should not forget Godhra, it was just a trailer. A similar line was repeated by a demonstrator in Karol Bagh, at the heart of the national capital. In Shahdara, BJP leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal said the time had come for Jihadis to be slayed; not far from there, in Nazafgarh on the outskirts of Delhi, people were reminded that if they saw a mad dog, they should shoot it. In Kurukshetra, Haryana, a protester said he was ready to personally take the responsibility to hang every pig (referring to Muslims) in full public display.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hindu Mahapanchayat at Jantar Mantar, Delhi<\/h4>\n

After the huge turnout at the Hindu Mahapanchayat held in Pondri village in Palwal, Haryana on August 11, Hindutva outfits \u2014 All India Sanatan Foundation and Hindu Sena \u2014 announced that a similar Mahapanchayat would be held at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on August 20. At the August 11 Hindu Mahapanchayat, many<\/span> speakers issued open threats despite a \u2018no hate speech\u2019 policy<\/span><\/a> and police presence. However, the Mahapanchayat held on August 20 at Jantar Mantar, Delhi was<\/span> stopped midway by the police<\/span><\/a> after some of the speakers gave \u201cinflammatory speeches\u201d against a community despite prohibitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati<\/span><\/a>, controversial Hindu leader and head of the Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh, who has been accused of delivering<\/span> hate speech against minority communities<\/span><\/a> several times in the past, was one of the speakers at the Delhi Mahapanchayat. He delivered a speech wherein he said that Hindus were victims who were being continually wronged, especially, by the Muslim community, because of their religious identity.<\/span><\/p>\n