Hindu group chant calls for shooting Muslims in India
Video from central India shows explicit call for violence at Bajrang Dal event, renewing scrutiny of hate speech enforcement under BJP rule
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video circulating widely on social media has reignited alarm over open calls for violence against Muslims in India, after members of a Hindu nationalist group were filmed chanting threats to shoot Muslims during a training program in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The footage, recorded in Manawar, shows a gathering linked to Bajrang Dal, an organization affiliated with India’s wider Hindu supremacist ecosystem. The event reportedly took place during a provincial-level training camp in Dhar district.
In the video, a speaker leads participants in a collective chant that explicitly targets Islam and Muslims and includes a direct threat of lethal violence.
The Hindi chant includes the line, “Is desh ka har bachcha Siya Ram kahega, is desh mein na Musalman na Islam rahega. Jinhain Mohammad chahiye woh Madina chale jaayen, warna chalegi goli, mullon ke seene mein” (“Every child in this country will chant ‘Siya Ram’; neither Muslims nor Islam will remain in India, and those who want Muhammad should go to Medina — otherwise bullets will be fired into the chests of Muslims”).
Rights advocates say the language goes far beyond hate speech and constitutes an unambiguous call to violence against an entire religious community. Muslim leaders in the state warned that such public incitement, delivered in a group setting, normalizes the idea of collective punishment and physical harm.
Despite the video being in the public domain, there has been no confirmed police action. No First Information Report has been publicly acknowledged, and no arrests have been reported. The lack of response has intensified fears among Muslims that India’s hate speech laws are enforced selectively.
Legal experts note that Indian criminal law explicitly prohibits speech that promotes enmity or incites violence on religious grounds. They say calling for people to be shot is a prosecutable offence regardless of the speaker’s political or organizational affiliation.
The incident has also revived broader concerns about impunity enjoyed by Hindu extremist groups, particularly in regions governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Civil society groups argue that repeated inaction sends a signal that threats against Muslims carry little legal consequence, deepening fear and mistrust.
For many Indian Muslims, the issue extends beyond a single video. It reflects a wider anxiety about whether constitutional guarantees of equal citizenship and protection still hold when calls for violence are delivered openly, on camera, and without apparent consequence.
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