"We will stand up against every jihadi in India and clean the country of their presence."

"Whoever has understood the Quran is a jihadi."

"Every Hindu should keep weapons at home. When you do that, you will be blessed by Ram and Krishna. You need the weapons now, to wage war against the jihadis."

These are just a few of the many instances of hate speech and appeals for anti-Muslim violence made by Swami Prabodhanand Giri in UP's Ghaziabad on 2 January, a fortnight after he helped organise the Haridwar Dharam Sansad, where calls for a genocide of Muslims were made.

Prabodhanand received a hero's welcome in Ghaziabad for his crucial role in the Haridwar hate assembly and was felicitated while on a massive roadshow through the city.