: Jantar Mantar hate slogans: Demanding ‘Hindu rashtra’ does not mean promoting enmity, claims accused #IndiaNEWS Demanding a “Hindu rashtra� or Hindu nation does not mean promoting enmity between

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Jantar Mantar hate slogans: Demanding ‘Hindu rashtra’ does not mean promoting enmity, claims accused #IndiaNEWS
Demanding a “Hindu rashtra� or Hindu nation does not mean promoting enmity between religious communities, an accused in the Jantar Mantar hate slogans case claimed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, Live Law reported.The case pertains to a rally held in Delhi on August 8, where the participants had shouted slogans calling for Muslims to be killed. The event was organised by former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay.Upadhyay was among the nine people arrested in connection with the event. He is the only one out on bail. On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court heard the bail petition of Preet Singh, who was reportedly the co-organiser of the rally, according to Live Law. In August, a sessions court had refused to grant him bail, saying that he actively participated in shouting slogans at the event along with his associates. Singh refuted the accusations against him. “I was there [at the rally] in the morning,� he told the Delhi High Court. “Slogans were raised in the evening. I was not there then.� Singh denied that the event had been organised to push for a Hindu nation. Instead, the purpose of the rally was to demand a uniform civil code, he claimed. Nevertheless, Singh spoke to the media about the “Hindu Rashtra� demand, his...Read more

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