Bengaluru, February 21, 2023 (PPI-OT):Hindutva leader, Pramod Muthalik, in a hate speech has asked the young Hindu men to lure “10 Muslim girls if we lose one Hindu girl” through what he called “love jihad” and promised to provide them security and employment. Parmod Muthalik, the chief of the Hindutva party Sri Ram Sena, speaking at a public event in Bagalkote district of the Indian state of Karnataka alleged that thousands of Hindu girls were being “exploited in the name of love jihad”. The love jihad is the term being constantly coined by the Hindutva organizations for Muslims who marry Hindu women, who convert to Islam after marriage.

“We are aware of the situation. I would like to invite the youth here. If we lose one Hindu girl, we should trap 10 Muslim girls. If you do so, Sri Ram Sena will take responsibility for you and provide every kind of security and employment,” he said. The Hindutva leader’s remarks evoked strong condemnation from a number of civil society members in India.

Journalist Mohammed Zubair – who was arrested for allegedly insulting Hindu religious leaders on Twitter – asked why the Karnataka police was not taking action against Muthalik. Author and activist Rahul Easwar in a tweet said, “Can we please spare our Hindu and Muslim sisters out of this? And we males fight/debate these topics without ‘trapping/dragging in Indian woman’.”

Indian director Mansoor Hussain Khan said that Muthalik’s “bigoted and sexist hate speech” had brought shame to the people of Karnataka. He also called on the police to take strict action against the Hindutva leader.

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