Kajal Hindustani has been charged with hate speech under section 295(A) of the IPC after allegedly making provocative comments against a minority community at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event in Una, Gujarat.
She is a self-proclaimed political and social activist, entrepreneur, and research analyst who describes herself as a nationalist and proud Hindustani.
Her Twitter account has 86.8k followers and her website claims that she campaigned for BJP and PM Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, adopted a village in Gujarat, and settled Pakistani Hindus in the state.
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Una has been tense since Hindustani's speech, with traders shutting down markets and a clash breaking out in the area despite efforts by police and local leaders to maintain peace.
In response, police have deployed personnel to sensitive areas and carried out combing operations, seizing weapons from some houses. One person, Mohammad Vora, was arrested for posting an edited video on Facebook that incited communal enmity.
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Dozens of people were arrested and FIRs registered after members of two communities clashed in Vadodara when stones were thrown at two Ram Navami processions.