Anti-Muslim slogans raised in Delhi: Controversial slogans raised by crowd in rally at Jantar Mantar, police detained 5 suspects including former BJP spokesperson

Ashwini Upadhyay shared the photo of the rally organized at Jantar Mantar on his Twitter account.

Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay and four others have been taken into custody by the police. Upadhyay is alleged to have organized a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday in which anti-Muslim slogans were raised.

Upadhyay along with 4 other suspects will be questioned in this case. According to Delhi Police sources, the police had summoned Upadhyay to come to the Connaught Place police station on Monday night. Sources said that raids are on in the city to take the other suspects into custody.

Anti-Muslim slogans raised at Jantar Mantar
On Monday, the police took action after the video of this protest went viral on social media. It can be seen in the video that the crowd gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar is raising slogans of ‘Ram-Ram’ and ‘Hindustan mein rehna hoga, Jai Shri Ram Kehna Hoga’. No one was taken into custody in the case till Monday evening.

Rally organized without police permission
The police said that due to Corona, they did not give permission to organize this rally, yet the crowd gathered there. No policeman was present there during this time. Pandit Narasimhanand Saraswati, known for his inflammatory speeches, and TV actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan were also part of the protest.

Ashwini Upadhyay denies the allegations
In a statement Ashwini Upadhyay said- ‘The rally was organized by Save India Foundation. I have nothing to do with this organization. I went there as a guest like RVS Mani, Firoz Bakht Ahmed and Gajendra Chauhan. We reached there at 11 o’clock and left at 12 o’clock. I did not meet those who raised the slogans. I am ready to meet you in the morning to give my written statement.

Earlier, he told the media that he did not know about these videos. He said- When all this happened, neither I was there, nor did I know about it, nor did I call these people. All this must have happened after I left. Strict action should be taken against the people seen in the video. Only five or six people raised these slogans, that too when the rally was over. However, such slogans should not have been raised.