26-Feb-2024 11:30 PM
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (Reporter) Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to issue FIRs against a host of people including Asaduddin Owaisi, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Kamal Haasan, A Raja and Swami Prasad Maurya for making hate speeches.
He pleaded that the hate speeches targeted the 'Sanatan Dharma', Shri Ram Temple, Kashi and Mathura shrines.
Jain, the main petitioner in the Gyanvapi Mosque and Ram Janam Bhoomi cases, has sought the intervention of the top court seeking a direction for the registration of FIR against those making such hate speeches.
The petitioner also sought the issuance of order or direction to ensure that an independent, credible and impartial probe is conducted by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the incidents of hate speeches against the Hindu community including the speeches delivered in various places all over the country.
The petitioner said that Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tamil Nadu Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, at a conference organised by the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Artists Association in Chennai, made an alleged hate speech. Udhayanidhi said, “Few things cannot be opposed, they should be eradicated. We can’t oppose dengue, mosquitoes, malaria, or coronavirus, we have to eradicate them. In the same way, we have to eradicate Sanatana (Sanatan Dharma ..... rather than opposing it.
"Similarly, Nilgiris Lok Sabha MP, A Raja supported Stalin’s remarks comparing Sanatana Dharma with dengue and malaria and was like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that needed to be destroyed," the petitioner said.
He alleged that on January 1, Owaisi, a Member of Parliament, had allegedly given a provocative speech at an event organised at Madrasa-e-Arabiya Anwar-ul-Uloom in Hyderabad. His speech was viral on social media. "In the viral video, it is evident that he is inciting the Muslim youth, by issuing an appeal to the youngsters of the community to galvanise and inhabit mosques.
"Referring to the demolition of the disputed Babri structure at Ayodhya, Owaisi alleged that otherwise, Muslims would be bereft of Mosques and their mosques would be snatched away from them," the petitioner said.
It further said that the speeches are not mere hate speeches but amount to an open call for the murder of members of Hindus, posing a grave threat not just to the unity and integrity of the country but also endanger the lives of millions of Hindu citizens.
He cited the directions issued by the Supreme Court in the Tehseen Poonawalla case against the Union of India (2018) in support of his contentions.
The petitioner has named the Union government, the police chief of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra, besides the accused political leaders respondents to the plea...////...