Senior BJP Leaders Are Giving India a Free Tutorial in Hate Speech

As the massive protests against CAA, NRC and NPR continue across India, senior BJP leaders are making hateful remarks targeting those who oppose the Modi government over these three policies.The news cycle has been so brutally short that several of these comments may have escaped your notice, especially with so much going on. So, we made a list of some of the most divisive statements made by senior BJP leaders in the past few weeks, a few of which are clear examples of incitement to violence.Why has the BJP leadership not announced any action against these netas?‘How to Prove I’m Indian?’ Muslim Driver Breaks Down Over NRC FearBJP Minister’s Threat: Remember Gujarat RiotsOn 19 December, Karnataka’s Tourism and Culture Minister CT Ravi said that incidents like the Godhra riots might get repeated if the “majority community loses its patience.”He said, “It is this very mindset, that burnt a train in Godhra... and people of this mindset burnt karsevaks alive. Because the majority community here is patient, you are trying to put fires everywhere. I advise you to look back and see what happens when our patience runs out."Referring to Congress MLA UT Khader in Karnataka, he added, “I think Khader knows what happens if there is a reaction, he has seen what happened when people rose in an uprising after the burning of a train in Godhra.”BJP Leader Wants to Bury DissentersOn 12 January, Raghuraj Singh, a BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh said, “These one percent people opposing the CAA. They stay in India, eat up our taxes and then raise 'murdabad' slogans against the leaders. Slogan shouting against the prime minister or chief minister is unacceptable. If you raise slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, I will bury you alive.”Those Raising Anti-PM Slogans ‘Will Be Buried Alive’: BJP LeaderBJP Spokesperson Says ‘Thok Denge’ to Kanhaiya KumarWatch BJP spokesperson Amitabh Sinha’s open threat to former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on air on India Today, from 14:24 in the following video.JNU Protest | Your Courage Will be Remembered: Kanhaiya to DeepikaThe ‘More in Numbers’ ThreatAt a programme supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Karnataka’s Ballari district, BJP MLA G Somasekhara Reddy said, “We are 80 percent and you (those against CAA) are just 17 percent. Imagine what will happen to you if we turn against you.”BJP MP Boasts of BJP Governments Shooting Down People ‘Like Dogs’BJP Bengal president Dilip Ghosh courted controversy on 12 January by threatening to shoot and kill those involved in damaging public property "in the same way as in Uttar Pradesh".With Ghosh’s comment is effectively countering the official stand of BJP governments in states like UP, Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo condemned his statement by saying, "Very irresponsible of Dilip da to have said what he said.”2 FIRs Against BJP’s Dilip Ghosh For ‘Shoot Like Dogs’ RemarkWhen a Union Minister Turned Wistful About Stone PeltingUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri commented about those opposing the CAA, "All this is misleading, this is treachery. Someone said that CAA, like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, is made up of lies. If I was still in a university and easily persuaded to pelt stones, I would have picked up a stone and pelted it at that guy.”Using Photos & Voice Clips, Media Reports Link ABVP to JNU Attack

BECOME A MEMBER

Senior BJP Leaders Are Giving India a Free Tutorial in Hate Speech

Here are the most divisive statements by BJP leaders targeting those who are protesting against CAA, NRC and NPR.

Read Latest News and Breaking News at The Quint, browse for more from news and politics

Topics: NPR Kanhaiya Kumar Dilip Ghosh