The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) rally, Virat Hindu Sabha, in the national Capital turned into a hate speech arena where Jagat Guru Acharya Yogeshwar openly asked people to take the law into their own hands, and cut off the hands and necks of those who attacked them.
Mahant Naval Kishore Das also advised Hindus to openly take up arms to protect the religion. BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, who also attended the event, did not object to the controversial statements and even gave a call to boycott Muslims.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police said that they have received no complaints so far.
The Virat Hindu Sabha (Jan Akrosh Rally) was organised in Northeast Delhi in protest against the murder of a 25-year-old youth by three men in Sunder Nagri, northeast Delhi.
Addressing the rally, Acharya Yogeshwar said, “If needed, cut their hands, behead them. At maximum, you will go to jail. But the time has come to teach these elements a lesson. In logo ko chun chun ke maaro (identify and beat these people).” He said that Hindus have started migrating from the beautiful city because of jihadis.
Speaking at the occasion, Mahant Naval Kishore Das said that now is the time to carry arms and scriptures together. For this weapons, whether licenced or non-licenced, should be kept by everyone, Hindus have not taken the onus to follow the country’s law. “Get guns. Get licences. If you don’t get licences, don’t worry. Those who come to kill you, do they have licences? So why do you need a licence? he said. “If we all come together, even the Delhi Police Commissioner will offer us tea and let us do what we want,” he added in a brazen display of power and authority.
BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma said that such incidents will keep happening till all the Hindus are not united. In a purported video from Sunday’s event, Verma can be heard saying, “Wherever you see them, if you want to set them straight there is only one solution — total boycott. Do you agree? Raise your hands if you agree.
“Say with me: ‘We will boycott them. We will not buy anything from their shops, we will not employ them. Just do this. This is the solution’.”
Defending the speakers, VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal said, this was a Jan Akrosh rally and the message was towards jihadi elements and not towards any community. People are angry. What they meant was, if need be, they can come out in self defence against the jihadi elements.
A 25-year -old Manish was stabbed over 20 times as he was returning home in East Delhi’s Sunder Nagri. The police have arrested four people in the case so far — Sajid, Aalam, Bilal and Faizan. Officers said the incident was the fallout of an old rivalry.
The entire incident was captured on a CCTV camera. In the footage, the accused can be seen grabbing Manish by the collar and stabbing him multiple times with knives. Even as the victim tried to escape, the accused overpowered him and dragged him on the road. A couple of bystanders can also be seen standing near the crime spot and not intervening.