complaint to dgp sp baramati event.

1. Headline: CJP seeks preventive action against Sakal Hindu Samaj proposed event in Baramati
Strapline: The event is proposed to take place on February 9 and a rally will follow
Sabrang Headline: Concerns raised over Sakal Hindu Samaj proposed event in Baramati
Intro: CJP has written to Maharashtra Police seeking preventive action the February 9 event and rally
where Kalicharan Maharaj and Shankar Gaikar are invited as speakers
Text:
Citizens for Justice Peace has raised some concerns about the proposed event being organized by Sakal
Hindu Samaj on February 9 in Baramati, Maharashtra. Sakal Hindu Samaj is the same organization that
has been giving platform to hate speech offenders to make hate speech by organizing events demanding
central laws against ‘love jihad’, religious conversion and cow slaughter.
The Samaj’s proposed meet on February 5 was challenged before the Supreme Court and on February 3,
the court had issued strict directions to the police to take preventive action if the need arises.
Through this memorandum, CJP has brought to the notice of DGP, Mahasrashtra as well as SP of Rural
Pune and Deputy SP of Baramati, that a similar event is going to be held in Baramati where hate
offenders Kalicharan Maharaj and Shankar Gaikar have been invited to speak. There is not doubt that
these two speakers will spew fresh venom against minorities, will give calls for violence and hurt
religious sentiments of minorities through their speeches.
Raising concerns about the same, CJP, in its memorandum has highlighted previous hate speeches
delivered by both Kalicharan and Gaikar.
CJP has filed complaints against both Kalicharan and Gaikar with the DGP office in the past few months,
concerning their hate speeches. “We have highlighted how their hate speech is against the
constitutional spirit and values of secularism, fraternity and all democratic values. These speeches not
only pose a serious threat to law and order but also apprehend a disturbance of public order where
people could get incited to resort to violence and the same could result in communal disharmony. This is
neither desirable for the State nor favourable to the law-and-order situation,” the memo states.
A banner of the proposed event has been erected in Baramati

2. Kalicharan, has in the past, made abhorrent statements against Mahatma Gandhi, while praising
Nathuram Godse. In December last year at an event in Ahmednagar organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj
itself, he made wild claims about ‘love jihad’ and suggested black magic to “cure a woman of love jihad”,
thus propagating superstition.
Gaikar’s most recent hate speech was at Shaurya Path Sanchalan event, held in Boisar, Maharashtra.
Referring to the stick used by RSS in its rallies, Gaikar said, “This stick will attack those who work against
the nation, insult Bharat Mata, wield a sword on the chest of Mother India and use a knife.” He also
made derogatory comments against Islam. In the year 2017, Shankar Gaikar stoked up a controversy by
demanding that the recruitment of Kashmiri Muslim youth in the security forces be stopped.
The memo also points out that on February 3, 2023, the Supreme Court issued directions with
respect to an event which was scheduled to be held in Mumbai on February 5 by Sakal Hindu Samaj. The
court had taken an undertaking from government of Maharashtra that if permission for this event is
granted “it will be subject to the condition that nobody will make any hate speech and in defiance of law
or disturbing the public order.” The court also gave directions that it shall be the duty of the police
officers to invoke section 151 of CrPC for preventive action in case the need for the same arises.
While highlighting these facts, the memo states that “Sakal Hindu Samaj has been notorious for
organizing events and calling people who are known to deliver hate speeches in the past. It is clear from
the history of events organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj in the recent past and the history of hate offences
of Kalicharan Maharaj and Shankar Gaikar that once again during the February 9 event as well, similar
speeches will be made and derogatory comments that will tend to disturb the peace and harmony and
with tendency to disrupt law and order will be made.”

3. Accordingly, CJP has urged Maharashtra Police, especially Baramati Police, to take preventive measures
to stop this event from takin place and take any other action deemed necessary in this regard.
The complaint may be read here:
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CJP’S CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST SHANKAR GAIKAR’S HATE SPEECH AT SHAURYA SANCHALAN
MAHARASHTRA: SHANKAR GAIKAR GIVES ANTI-MUSLIM SPEECH AT SHAURYA PATH SANCHALAN
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CJP COMPLAINT TO DGP, MAHARASHTRA AND NCM AGAINST MISLEADING AND ISLAMOPHOBIC
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