Bengaluru, December 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):A police complaint has been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Member of Indian Parliament, Saadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, in connection with a derogatory speech against the Muslims during her recent visit of the Indian state of Karnataka. Police said the complaint has been lodged by Tehseen Ponawalla, a political analyst, through social media with Superintendent Police Shivamogga city, G.K. Mithun Kumar. A copy of the complaint has also been marked to the Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai, Indian media reported.
Tehseen Ponawalla in his complaint said Pragya Thakur made a highly “blasphemous” and “derogatory” speech against the Muslims while speaking at the function. She had asked people to give a befitting answer to love jihad in the same fashion. The love jihad is a term being used by Hindutva fanatics against the Muslims who marry Hindu women. Pragya Thakur further asked the Hindus to take care of their girl children and keep weapons at home. “If there is no weapon, at least sharpen the knife used for cutting vegetables,” she said.
“We have to keep our knives sharpened to face any eventualities. If our knife cuts vegetables well, it can be effective on our enemies as well,” she added while referring to the Muslims as enemies of Hindus. Tehseen Ponawalla stated that Pragya’s speech is an open call for use of arms against the members of Muslim community. “It is further submitted that the said speech has the potential effect of intolerance, hatred, violence inter alia against a particular community which is an offence,” he said and urged the police to register a case against Pragya.
It is to mention here that Pragya Singh Thakur was involved in 2008 Malegaon blast. On September 29, 2008, six Muslims were killed and more than 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town in Nashik district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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