NEW DELHI: Infamous for making intemperate remarks in opposition to Muslims, Yati Narsinghanand, the top priest of the Dasna Devi temple, stoked one more controversy on Sunday together with his remark that "50 per cent of Hindus will convert" in 20 years if a Muslim grew to become the prime minister of India. Addressing a 'Hindu Mahapanchayat' for which the Delhi administration had not granted permission, he additionally exhorted Hindus to take up arms to combat for his or her existence.
The Mahapanchayat was organised at Burari grounds right here by the identical group which had earlier held comparable controversial occasions in Haridwar and at Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital, the place anti-Muslim slogans had been raised.
A number of different Hindu supremacist leaders additionally attended the Sunday occasion.
Narsinghanand is at the moment on bail in reference to the Haridwar hate speech case.
"Solely in 2029 or in 2034 or in 2039 a Muslim will change into the prime minister. As soon as a Muslim will change into the PM, 50 per cent Hindus will convert, 40 per cent might be killed and the remaining 10 per cent will both dwell in refugee camps or in different nations within the subsequent 20 years.
"This would be the way forward for the Hindus. If you wish to keep away from this future, then change into a person and take up arms," Narsinghanand is seen saying in a video of the Mahapanchayat which is being circulated on social media.
PTI couldn't independently verify the veracity of the video.
In the meantime, a number of Delhi based mostly journalists, who had gone to cowl the occasion, had been allegedly manhandled there. Police, nonetheless, denied the declare that they had been detained.
Sharing a tweet by one of many journalists who alleged that two younger Muslim males from the media had been assaulted by a Hindu mob on the Mahapanchayat and had been additionally taken into custody, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Usha Rangnani took to Twitter to say no person was detained.
"A number of the reporters, willingly, on their very own free will, to evade the group which was getting agitated by their presence, sat in PCR Van stationed on the venue and opted to proceed to Police Stn for safety causes. Nobody was detained. Due police safety was offered," she said within the tweet.
"For spreading misinformation, due crucial motion shall be initiated in opposition to such individuals," she tweeted.