Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- In yet another instance of hate speech in the country, former Miss India Ishika Taneja sparked a huge controversy after delivering a deeply inflammatory and provocative speech that explicitly targeted the Indian Muslim community.

Taneja peddled the hate-filled narrative while speaking at a religious gathering attended by several prominent Hindu religious priests during the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. She delivered derogatory descriptions that perpetuated untrue stereotypes about Indian Muslims.

In a video that has surfaced on social media platforms the former Miss India is heard referring to Muslims as "Babur ki aulad" (children of Mughal emperor founder Babur) and claiming that a "pinch of verm...