Hindu nationalist organisations staged a protest against the arrest of Hindu Raksha Dal president Bhupendra ‘Pinky’ Chaudhary for distributing swords, during which speakers targeted Muslims. One speaker used the anti-Muslim slur “kathmulla,” claiming that Hindus were demanding swords against them. Another speaker described the police as “agents of Islam” and alleged that they wanted money, meat, and women, which he claimed were provided only by Muslims. Another speaker termed Muslims “termites,” while another named Muslim-majority localities and claimed that the police would find AK-47 in their homes.
Hindu nationalist organisations staged a protest against the arrest of Hindu Raksha Dal president Bhupendra ‘Pinky’ Chaudhary for distributing swords. During the protest, Lalit Sharma, president of Hindu Raksha Dal Uttarakhand, described Islam as a “cancer” and referred to the distribution of swords as “drugs” against it. Another far-right speaker, Riddhima Sharma, referred to Muslims as “termites.”