At Delhi's Jantar Mantar, various Hindutva groups organized events where calls for killing Muslims and Christians were made on February 5. Reports claim that disrespectful and violent comments about minority communities were also made in different stages.
On January 29, an umbrella body of several Hindu organizations held a protest rally against "Love Jihad" and religious conversions in Mumbai.
Many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders attended the rally, including the Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar, MP Manoj Kotak, MP Gopal Shetty, and the former MP Kirit Somaiya. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also seen participating in the rally with several Shiv Sena leaders.
After a crackdown in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam that saw more than 2,400 people arrested since February 3rd, hundreds of women have protested against the measure initiated by the Assam state government.
Posters have surfaced in different parts of India’s Brahmpuri (Shahdara district), threatening Hindus not to sell their properties to Muslims and that any property sold to them will not be registered.
The rough translation of the notice stated: "Hindu house owners in the Brahmapuri area are notified not to sell their house to Muslims. Sell at your own risk, for street residents shall not allow such sales to be registered. All future transactions must be between Hindus."
The chief of the Atheist Society of India was detained after making blasphemous comments about Hindu deities in Kondangal.
On December 31st, Dalit activist and Telangana president of Bharata Nasthika Samajam (Atheist Society of India) Bhairi Naresh was detained for making sacrilegious comments on Swamy Ayyappa and other Hindu gods.
Hindu Nationalists beat up a group of Santa Clauses in India. The country now faces an upsurge in targeted attacks on Christians.
A man dressed up as Santa Claus and distributing chocolates was severely beaten up in Vadodara, India - his 'fault' was in a 'Christian' clothing he was going around in a 'Hindu' area.
Human excretion was found in a Dalit community's water tank. Authorities find the practice of caste discrimination still prevalent in a village in Tamil Nadu.