Bajrang Dal’s Cachar district in-charge Mithun Nath reportedly created an inflammatory speech on December 3. While addressing a gathering of the outfit’s members, he threatened to ‘beat up’ Hindus in the state if they go to churches on Christmas.
“If Hindus go and visit churches on Christmas day, they will get brutally beaten up,” Nath mentioned. “They are locking temples in Shillong and we are going and celebrating with them. This cannot happen, we will not allow this to happen,” he added.
Nath was referring to the alleged closure of the Vivekananda Centre, a component of Ramakrishna Mission, in Christian-majority Meghalaya’s capital Shillong.
Meanwhile, the Cachar district administration has asked the police to investigate the speech. Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli on Sunday mentioned she has instructed the superintendent of police to probe the matter and “take necessary steps”.
Police, having said that, mentioned no case has been registered as of now and the incident is becoming investigated. “We have not received any complaint from anyone. However, we are looking into the incident after seeing the video,” a senior police officer mentioned.
Twitter was furious right after a video clip of Nath’s explosive speech went viral. “Forget about falling in love. Forget about inter-religious marriages. You can’t even visit a church on Christmas. The Sangh’s beautiful culture of tolerance,” a Twitter user mentioned. “Hindus will get brutally beaten if they go to church, says Bajrang Dal. So Bajrang Dal will monitor if Hindus are going to Church by going to Church themselves?” mentioned an additional Twitter user.
Here are a couple of Twitter reactions: