Another Hindutva leader, Yati Narshinganand, an Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha functionary, has committed blasphemy of the Holy Quran. The head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, national general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha Pooja Shakun Pandey and her husband Ashok Pandey made the provocative statements during a religious programme held in the city. A video clip that has gone viral on social media shows Narshinganand using derogatory language against the Holy Quran and also making provocative comments against the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and madrassas.

He is seen and heard demanding that such institutions should be “demolished”. A number of Muslim youth leaders, including former leaders of the AMU Students’ Union, accused the trio of deliberately trying to incite communal violence and demanded their immediate arrest. Narsinghanand has been involved in hate speech cases in the past as well. An FIR was lodged in Haridwar against him for making highly provocative speeches against Muslims at the Dharma Sansad, which was held in the holy city from December 17 to December 19 last year. At an event in Delhi, he had exhorted Hindus to take up arms to fight for their existence. Superintendent of Police (city) Kuldeep Singh Gunawat told reporters that the programme was held without prior permission.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP