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Row over Togadia's reported hate speech, Congress files complaint

New Delhi: VHP leader Pravin Togadia Monday triggered a controversy with a reported anti-Muslim speech, the Congress filing a complaint with the Election Commission and the AAP demanding his immediate arrest. The BJP and RSS,

IANS Updated on: April 22, 2014 11:40 IST
"No RSS member would ever force such views... We are one nation," he said.

Togadia in his legal notice described the media reports as "false, malafide and mischievous".

He also said the media reports, including by electronic media, show that "there is a bigger conspiracy" against him to defame him and put his life and those of his kin and his aides in danger.

Togadia's alleged hate speech made in Bhavnagar comes close on the heels of BJP candidate from Navada constituency, Giriraj Singh, who said that those who oppose Modi will be sent to Pakistan. Singh has justified his statement.

Amit Shah, the BJP general secretary in charge of the party's affairs in Uttar Pradesh, was also pulled up by the poll panel for his alleged hate speech in Muzaffarnagar.

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