‘I will kill cow slaughterers’, says Hindutva leader
New Delhi: A Hindutva leader has threatened to kill those involved in cow slaughter, and hoist a saffron flag on a mosque.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Prashant Mishra, known as ‘Little Yogi’, made the incendiary remarks in a viral video, prompting concerns over Uttar Pradesh police’s leniency towards such elements.
“I will openly kill cow slaughterers; I will climb atop a mosque and hoist the saffron flag.” Such statements are a direct challenge to the state’s law and order machinery and threaten communal harmony.
These inflammatory remarks are not merely aggressive rhetoric; they explicitly advocate for violence in the name of cow protection—a highly sensitive issue in India—and further call for ‘kar seva’ (religious volunteer service) at mosques, a term historically associated with contentious religious site disputes.
The open pronouncements like that by Prashant Mishra, made seemingly with impunity, starkly underscore serious concerns regarding hate speech and public safety.
