A Hindutva leader has threatened to kill those involved in cow slaughter, and hoist a saffron flag on a mosque.  Prashant Mishra, known as 'Little Yogi', made the incendiary remarks in a viral video, prompting concerns over Uttar Pradesh police's leniency towards such elements.   “I will openly kill cow slaughterers; I will climb atop a mosque and hoist the saffron flag.” Such statements are a direct challenge to the state’s law and order machinery and threaten communal harmony. 

These inflammatory remarks are not merely aggressive rhetoric; they explicitly advocate for violence in the name of cow protection—a highly sensitive issue in India—and further call for ‘kar seva’ (religious volunteer service) at mosques, a term historically associated with contentious religious site disputes.  The open pronouncements like that by Prashant Mishra, made seemingly with impunity, starkly underscore serious concerns regarding hate speech and public safety. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)