{"id":194688,"date":"2026-02-11T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=194688"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:16:54","slug":"muslims-rights-groups-slam-sadhvi-prachis-hate-speech-in-saharanpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/11\/muslims-rights-groups-slam-sadhvi-prachis-hate-speech-in-saharanpur.html","title":{"rendered":"Muslims, rights groups slam Sadhvi Prachi\u2019s hate speech in Saharanpur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saharanpur: A controversial remark by Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi at a religious convention in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh State of India, has triggered strong reactions from the Muslim community and civil rights activists, who said the statement fuels fear and questions the equal place of Muslims in the country.

According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a convention held at Vishnu Mandir in Madhu Nagar, Sadhvi Prachi said, \u201cWhoever feels unsafe in India should go to Pakistan.\u201d Her words were greeted with applause by some in the audience, but were later criticised by Muslim leaders and social groups as hostile and exclusionary.

Sadhvi Prachi said the programme was part of activities linked to the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). She spoke about what she called five guiding ideas \u2014 social harmony, family awareness, care for the environment, self-awareness, civic duty, and Swadeshi \u2014 and said these should be followed in personal life.

On India\u2019s partition, Sadhvi Prachi said the country was divided on religious lines and claimed Muslims had refused to live with Hindus. \u201cIndia was a Hindu nation, is a Hindu nation and will remain a Hindu nation. Whoever feels unsafe should leave India,\u201d she said.

Muslim leaders in Saharanpur strongly rejected the remarks.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) state president Shaukat Ali said the statement was dangerous and unfair. \u201cIndian Muslims did not come from outside. We are born here. This country belongs to us as much as to anyone else,\u201d he said. \u201cTelling citizens to go to another country is against the Constitution.\u201d

Local Muslims said such statements make ordinary people anxious. \u201cI was born here, my parents were born here, and we have lived peacefully with our neighbours for decades,\u201d said Imran Khan, a shopkeeper from Saharanpur. \u201cWhen leaders say things like this, it makes us feel targeted for no reason.\u201d

Legal experts also pointed to constitutional principles. Advocate Farah Naqvi said, \u201cIndia\u2019s Constitution does not link citizenship with religion. Remarks suggesting that a section of citizens should leave the country go against the idea of equal rights.\u201d

Social activists warned that repeated statements of this kind damage social peace. \u201cThese comments single out Muslims and paint them as outsiders,\u201d said social worker Abdul Rahman. \u201cSuch talk creates mistrust and fear, even when people on the ground want harmony.\u201d

Opposition leaders said the focus should be on jobs, education, and public safety for all citizens. \u201cIndia\u2019s strength lies in its diversity,\u201d said a Congress leader from western Uttar Pradesh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saharanpur: A controversial remark by Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi at a religious convention in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh State of India, has triggered strong reactions from the Muslim community and civil rights activists, who said the statement fuels fear and questions the equal place of Muslims in the country.According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/images-95022726858403309096.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194689,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194688\/revisions\/194689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}