[4] The Haridwar dharma sansad (religious assembly) was organised by Yati Narasighanand, the priest of the Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad and the chief of the Juna Akhara.
[3] Prabodhanand Giri, a former RSS pracharak who turned ascetic and runs an organisation called Hindu Raksha Sena in Haridwar,[6] asked Hindus to emulate what was done in Myanmar, referring to the violence against Rohingya Muslims.
[1][8] Prabodhanand Giri associates himself with the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, whose picture is featured on his Facebook page.
[1] Sadhvi Annapurna, formerly Pooja Shakun Pandey, the head of the Niranjani Akhara and a general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, openly called for the killing of Muslims.
[1] Another speaker named Swami Anandswaroop, who heads the Sambhavi Dhaam, told people not to celebrate Christmas in Haridwar.
[2] Around the same time as the Haridwar meeting, members of Hindu Yuva Vahini, an organisation which was founded by Yogi Adityanath, met in Delhi in order to take an oath.
[17] Members of BJP and its supporters shared a clipped video of Muslim leader Asaduddin Owaisi to allege that he called for a genocide of Hindus, in an effort to divert attention from the Haridwar hate speeches.
[18] A group of 183 students and academics at the Indian Institutes of Management, Ahmedabad and Bangalore, wrote to the Prime Minister urging action.
"Your silence, Honourable Prime Minister, emboldens the hate-filled voices and threatens the unity and integrity of our country," they wrote.
[24][25] On 23 December, the Uttarakhand Police have registered an FIR against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and unnamed "others" for "promoting hatred between religious groups".
[26] In Delhi, a complaint was filed on 27 December against Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan News for his hate speech at the Hindu Yuva Vahini gathering.
[26] Seventy-six top lawyers and judges wrote to the Chief Justice of India requesting him to take a suo moto notice and urgent judicial intervention.
[33][34][d] After his arrest, Narsinganand delivered further hate speech extending to the Supreme Court, the constitution and "the system", including the police, politicians and the Army.
[33] A day before the dharma sansad on 27 April 2022, the Supreme Court told the Uttarakhand government to ensure no hate speech at the event.