Thread by @HateSpeechBeda

Read this before you vote. Karnataka is Sarva Janangada Shantiya Thota. A big threat to our society is hate speech. Chronicled below are #25 of the most hateful speeches from Ktaka. Unsurprisingly from @BJP4Karnataka & its allies
Do we want these people back in power? #ByeByeBJP

1/n - @MunirathnaMLA, Horticulture minister, @BJP4Karnataka candidate for RR Nagar, despite the MCC being in force incited violence against Christians by asking people to chase, beat them. He made this speech on @tv9kannada on the 31st March #BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

2/n @ikseshwarappa, MLA of Shimoga, star campaigner for @BJP4Karnataka, has been a repeat hate speech offender. He promises that "Masjids will also be destroyed on the lines of the #BabriMasjid in #Ayodhya & temples will be rebuilt there too". #BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

3/n In a rally in Shimoga on 25th April, @ikseshwarappa outrightly says
"there are 50-55 thousand Muslims votes, we don’t want a single vote from that. I’ll tell you directly, we don’t want a single one."
#BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

4/n @nalinkateel, State President @BJP4Karnataka, MP (DK) targeted the Muslim women by making stereotypically insidious connections between Hijabi girls & Taliban. He said that they will not allow "Talibanisation" of the education system. #BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

5/n @nalinkateel of @BJP4Karnataka, asked the party to focus on the issue of love jihad over state development, calling development a minor issue. This bogey of love jihad has been used to harass interfaith couples & propagate hatred against Muslims.
#BJPFailsKarnataka

6/n @PumpwellSharan of @karvhp violently asserted on Jan 28,'23 that killings of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 & a recent murder of a Muslim youth in the Dakshina Kannada were displays of Hindu power. Through this he intended to garner acceptance for violence #BJPFailsKarnataka

7/n He has also celebrated that Hindutva factories exist in every district of Karnataka. Showcasing Hindutva power, he said Hindutva cadres would go to any extent to protect Hinduism, even causing communal unrest.
#HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

8/n - Dr. Prasad Bhandary made a hate speech against Christians at a @hjvkar Puttur event on March 25'23, causing an increase in the threat faced by the Christians. We filed a complaint with DGP & Catholic Sabha filed a complaint with the SP. #HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

9/n - Pramod Muthalik needs no introduction. The series of hate speeches cases against him date back to 2008. He is contesting elections from Karkala and urging people to give him one constituency for “Hindutva”.
#HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

10/n - In 2023 furthering the love jihad bogey he said, “If we lose one Hindu girl to love jihad, we must trap and lure 10 muslim women in retaliation”. He also asked Hindus to keep sharp talwars at home.
He called for ‘Babri like demolition’ of the Jumma Masjid in Gadag in 2021

11/n- Alleging forced mass conversions he threatened Christians and warned them that the Sri Ram Sene would kick them wherever they find them. This open threat to their dignity was given in Vijaypura in a Sri Ram Sene Meeting by none other than Pramod Muthalik. #HateSpeechBeda

12/n @SadhviPragya_MP, sitting MP from Bhopal (BJP) on Dec 25, 2022 in Shimoga, urged 'people' to "keep sharp knives/weapons at home for protection". She said "Jab hamari sabji achi roop se kategi tab nishchit roop se dushmano ke sir aur mooh bhi ache katenge" #HateSpeechBeda

13/n - Pooja Veerashetty, a @bajrangdal activist, in Vijaypura gave threatened with a genocide and said, "In India if you want everyone to wear hijab, we will get the swords from the hands of Shivaji, cut you every inch". #HatespeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

14/n - Rishikumar Swami of Kali Mutt, in his bloodthirsty call to target the Muslim community said "You have chopped our boy (Harsha) into pieces. For one head of ours, unless we take 10 heads, Hindu Samaja will not rest,”. This was an open call for violence. #BJPFailsKarnataka

15/n- @BasanagoudaBJP, Bijapur candidate for @BJP4Karnataka, targeted the Hijabi girls by saying that hijab-wearing students should go to Pakistan if they want hijab. As the sitting MLA of Bijapur, he reduced the girls to second class citizens
#BJPFailsKarnataka #hatespeechbeda

16/n - Muralikrishna Hasantadka, Tanmayi, and Radhakrishna Adyanthaya of @hjvkar targeted the Muslim community on 6/7/22 by inciting hatred & violence. They discussed topics like love jihad, forced conversions, and called for the burning of enemies of Hindus. #BJPFailsKarnataka

17/n - Chaitra Kundapura, a leader of @bajrangdal, addressing a crowd of hundreds said that Bajrang Dal knows how to take extreme actions to protect their women & cows if the rule of law fails to do so. This with the sole intention to disturb peace, law & order. #HateSpeechBeda

17/n - Chaitra Kundapura, @bajrangdal, incendiary speech suggested that if "love jihad" didn't cease, Bajrang Dal would resort to loving Muslim girls, vermillion will be applied on their heads...She even suggested the use of swords in her speech in Surathkal on Oct 4, 2021.

18/n - In Belgavi, Anand Kulkarni attacked the very core principles of our democracy and constitution and says “This is not a secular state, this is 'Hindu Rashtra”. #HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

@Tejasvi_Surya, @Ravi_LA, @BGUdayBJP, & @msrbommanahalli from @BJP4Karnataka entered the BBMP South Zone COVID War Room on 04.05.2021, with violent gestures, threatening language, intimidation tried to incite hatred between Hindus, Christians and Muslims, and cause public unrest

20/n - @CTRavi_BJP's tweets on 19th, 20th & 22nd April, 2020, blamed the Muslim community for the spread of the coronavirus, using derogatory language and attempting to communalize the vandalism in Padarayanapura, incite hatred against the Muslim community. #HateSpeechBeda

21/n - Lok Sabha Member Anantkumar Hegde incited hatred by portraying Muslims as deadly & dangerous, by spreading untrue & unverified stories during Corona, first wave. He contributed to the hateful narrative by placing blame on muslims for an entire pandemic. #BJPFailsKarnataka

22/n - MLA MP Renukacharya, MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, MLA Anantkumar Hegde, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje and MLA C.T. Ravi spread dangerous misinformation, communal hatred & called for genocide against Muslims during the peak of Corona. #HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

23/n - @CTRavi_BJP , a BJP MLA contesting from the Chikkamagaluru constituency, protected a BJP party worker (Thejus Kumar Shetty) from police action for his messages spreading communal hatred and fake news on social media during Corona. #BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

24/n - BJP MLA @MPRBJP Renukacharya, contesting from Honnalli incited hatred against Muslims, called for encounters and state violence against them and spread fake news about the role of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the pandemic. #BJPFailsKarnataka #HateSpeechBeda

25/n - Union Minister and BJP MP, @ShobhaBJP spread misinformation and incited hatred against the Muslim community during the pandemic. #HateSpeechBeda #BJPFailsKarnataka

The @BJP4Karnataka govt did not stop hate speech. Instead it encouraged it - case in point the withdrawal of 382 hate speech cases by @BSBommai

@BSBommai in Oct 2021 said every action has a reaction, tomo the people of Ktaka will show the reaction, #ByeByeBJP #HateSpeechBeda

@vinaysreeni @zoo_bear @sakie339 @BahutvaKtka @bahudari @prism_colours @Aakar__Patel @free_thinker @CedricPrakash @TeestaSetalvad @hate_stopper @HateDetectors @Hatewatchkarnat @BrindaAdige @cynstepin @alishan_jafri @chasingiamb @clifroz @AilajHq @eddelukarnataka @SwathiShivanand

Sources for all the speeches above:
1/n a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/com…
b) deccanherald.com/city/minister-…
2/n & 3/n a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/com…
b)cjp.org.in/ahead-of-karna…
4/n and 5/n
a)sabrangindia.in/article/love-j…
b)outlookindia.com/national/hijab…
6/n & 7/n
a)
b)indianexpress.com/article/cities…

8/n
a)facebook.com/KahaleNews/pos…
b)daijiworld.com/news/newsDispl…

9/n
a)cjp.org.in/women-in-benga…
b)thenewsminute.com/article/activi…

10/n
a) thecognate.com/karnataka-ram-…

11/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/com…
b)thecognate.com/complaint-file…

12/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2023/01/13/com…
b)newsable.asianetnews.com/india/keep-kni…

13/n
a)

https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1498562076549074944?s=20

14/n
a)
b)news9live.com/state/karnatak…

15/n
a)timesnownews.com/videos/times-n…

16/n
a)

https://twitter.com/ananthshreyas/status/1534890129936252929?s=20

b)thequint.com/south-india/hi…

17/n
a)
b)
c)

d)gaurilankeshnews.com/karnataka-comp…
e)news9live.com/state/karnatak…

18/n
a)indiatoday.in/india/story/ac…

19/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2021/05/06/com…

20/n
a)https://t.co/q7ALA14asw

21/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/com…

22/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/com…

23/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/com…

24/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/com…

25/n
a)hatespeechbeda.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/com…
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