Inciting hatred: Activists approach court over Assam CM's deleted shooting video
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The petition flags what it describes as repeated statements targeting the Muslim community and argues that such remarks undermine constitutional values and the duties attached to high public offices.
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging incitement of hatred and irresponsible statements by high constitutional functionaries, citing anti-Muslim remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other senior ministers and governors as examples of violations of constitutional responsibility by persons holding high office.
The petition flags what it describes as repeated statements targeting the Muslim community and argues that such remarks undermine constitutional values and the duties attached to high public offices.
The plea has been filed by 12 social activists, including Roop Rekha Verma, former Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, John Dayal and others, seeking the court’s intervention in the matter.
The petitioners cited examples of what they described as “several concerning statements by public officials” while filing the PIL against persons holding high positions. The instances listed include remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “kathmulla” comments made in the Assembly.
The plea also refers to statements by Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane, who reportedly termed Muslims as “Pakistani pimps”, and remarks attributed to National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, in which he allegedly exhorted the youth to “avenge history”
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