K'taka BJP leader booked for video calling for Muslims' extermination
Bidar, June 2 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Karnataka has been booked for controversial remarks he made about the Muslim community in a video posted on a social media platform, police said on Sunday.
In the video shared on Rathod's Facebook account on Saturday, the BJP leader is purportedly heard making inflammatory remarks in the Lambani language, calling for the extermination of the Muslim community and urging the killing of those accused of "love jihad" within eight days.
HT has verified the authenticity of the video.
The term "love jihad" is used by Hindu right-wing outfits and are not recognised by the government or courts, with the terms often seen as "anti-Muslim" rhetoric.
A complaint over the video was filed by one ...
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