By CJP Team
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has again taken a bold step to prevent potential communal tensions in Maharashtra by filing six complaints with the police authorities against right-wing organization’s scheduled events in Shirala, Nagpur, Patan (Satara), Dhule, Nagar City (Ahmednagar), and Palus (Sangli).
These events, organised by groups like Sakal Hindu Samaj and other associated groups, have raised concerns due to their history of promoting hate speech and violence through provocative and inflammatory speeches against the minorities, especially, Muslims. The complaints highlight the notorious track record of speakers like habitual hate offender and BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, T. Raja Singh, and Harsha Tai Thakur etc. who have consistently made inflammatory remarks through such events, disturbing public order, peace and communal harmony. CJP’s efforts aim to ensure that these events do not incite communal disharmony or violence, particularly in the lead-up to the Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Details of the complaints in Maharashtra:
Shirala, Sangli, September 16, 2024
On September 16, 2024, CJP demanded preventive action against the Hindu right-wing extremist organisation Sakal Hindu Samaj’s event of Hindu Janakrosh Morcha in Shirala, Sangli on September 19, 2024. CJP pleads before the authorities that Habitual Hate Offender and BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, Anil Devlekar and Hanmant Galande were inivited as keynote speakers for this event.
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