Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik has called on young Hindu men to lure “10 Muslim girls if we lose one Hindu girl” through “love jihad”. He assured security and employment to the men.
Speaking at a public event at Bagalkote in Karnataka, Muthalik alleged that thousands of Hindu girls were being exploited in the name of “love jihad”, and called for young men to “respond in kind”. “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, the Sri Ram Sena will take responsibility for you and provide every kind of security and employment,” he said on February 19.
Muthalik is set to run as an independent candidate in Udupi’s Karkala constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections. He said that owing to his Hindutva stance, he had faced more obstacles from “his own people” than from those who had filed cases against him. He, however, said he had the support of some BJP leaders, who offered him financial help to contest the election.