A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttar Pradesh administration and the state police for not taking steps to prevent the ‘Dharam Sansad,’ a religious event, being organised between December 17 and 21 at Ghaziabad by Yati Narasinghanand.
The petitioners contended that the website and the advertisements for the ‘Dharam Sansad’ included hate speeches against the followers of Islam religion and threatened to incite violence against them.
Both the Uttar Pradesh police and the Ghaziabad district administration failed to act as per the directions issued by the Supreme Court to take suo motu action against hate speeches, alleged the plea.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan orally mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna today for urgent listing. The CJI told Bhushan to file an urgent application.
As per petiiorners, Yati Narsighanand had a history of making communal statements targeting the Muslim community.
The petition was filed by retired IAS officer Aruna Roy, retired IFS officers Ashok Kumar Sharma, Deb Mukarji & Navrekha Sharma, former member of the Planning Commission & NCW Chief Syeda Hameed, and social researcher & policy analyst Vijayan MJ.
In 2021, the ‘Dharam Sansad’ events held by Yati Narasinghanand had created controversy for communal comments. He was arrested in connection with hate speech cases and later released on bail. The Supreme Court had issued notice to him in a criminal contempt case over his remarks against the judiciary.
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