Hindus targeted as Pakistan Zindabad slogans raised outside election candidate’s office in Bihar
Jamui, Bihar, India 
6 November, 2025
Case Summary
Pakistan Zindabad slogans were raised outside the campaign office of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and shooter Shreyasi Singh in Jamui, Bihar, on 7 November 2025, triggering political and communal tension amid the Bihar Assembly elections of 2025. According to reports, a large group of RJD supporters, led by RJD candidate Shamshad Alam, gathered near Singh’s office without permission and created chaos while shouting slogans such as “Allah-hu-Akbar” and “Pakistan Zindabad.” The mob reportedly marched past the BJP office, tore down party banners and posters, and engaged in aggressive sloganeering for nearly half an hour, disrupting public order in the area. The incident, which took place in the heart of Jamui city, drew immediate attention due to its religiously charged nature and the volatile political atmosphere surrounding the elections. Police forces were deployed promptly to prevent escalation. Senior officials, including the SDPO and additional officers, arrived at the site and repeatedly instructed the crowd to disperse. When the warnings were ignored, law enforcement conducted a lathi charge (baton charge) to restore order, after which the crowd scattered. Authorities initiated an inquiry into the incident and were reviewing CCTV footage to identify those involved. The episode heightened political friction between the BJP and RJD, with calls for strict action against those who raised anti-national slogans.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category in this case is: Hate speech against Hindus. The subcategory under this is: Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. This case has been added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because the raising of “Pakistan Zindabad” and “Allah-hu-Akbar” slogans outside the campaign office of a Hindu BJP candidate represents more than just political provocation; it reflects a pattern of religious hostility directed against Hindus as a collective. While the slogans may appear at face value to be expressions of political rivalry, their historical and ideological underpinnings reveal deep-seated antagonism toward the Hindu identity that India, as a civilisation, embodies. The act of shouting pro-Pakistan slogans, particularly in the context of electoral contestation between a Muslim candidate and a Hindu representative, symbolises both allegiance to a transnational Islamic identity and rejection of Hindu nationhood. To understand why such expressions constitute Hinduphobia, one must view them through the lens of the subcontinent’s historical consciousness. The slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” is not a neutral political cry; it is inherently charged with the legacy of partition, the ideological assertion that Islam and Hindu civilisation cannot coexist within a shared national framework. The glorification of Pakistan, a state founded explicitly as an antithesis to the Hindu-majority India, thus becomes a proclamation of religious supremacy. When raised within India’s political or communal spaces, it functions as an ideological rejection of the Hindu cultural and national identity, and by extension, an act of humiliation and provocation aimed at Hindus. In the Jamui incident, the setting is critical. A mob affiliated with a Muslim candidate gathered outside the office of a Hindu BJP candidate and raised slogans that symbolically celebrate the division of the nation and the triumph of Islamic dominance over Hindu collectivity. The mob’s conduct, tearing BJP posters, shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” and “Allah-hu-Akbar,” and defying police orders, was not spontaneous. It was demonstrative, intended to assert control, evoke intimidation, and disrupt social harmony. Such acts reinforce a message of alienation: that Hindu identity, represented politically through the BJP in this context, must be undermined and publicly degraded through symbolic expressions of loyalty to an anti-Hindu entity like Pakistan. Comparable incidents reinforce this interpretation. Across several states, the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” has been weaponised during moments of religious or political friction, from processions in Bareilly and Bahraich to online propaganda by individuals like Mushtaq Ahmed in Haryana. In each instance, the phrase becomes shorthand for defiance against Hindu society, the Indian state, and the cultural collectivity they represent. It thus forms part of a wider pattern of verbal aggression where religious hostility towards Hindus is cloaked in political symbolism. For this reason, the Jamui incident is categorised as a hate crime against Hindus in the tracker. While legal proceedings may treat such slogans as offences against public order or national integrity, their communal dimension cannot be separated. The targeting of a Hindu leader’s office with chants glorifying Pakistan is both an assertion of religious supremacy and an act of intimidation rooted in Hinduphobia. Disclaimer: The number of perpetrators has been recorded as 10, and their religion has been identified as Muslim, based on the fact that the group was reportedly led by an RJD candidate of Muslim identity. The number 10 has been selected as a conservative estimate to maintain factual restraint. Should additional verified details emerge regarding the exact number or identities of the perpetrators, the case record will be revised and updated accordingly.
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 5 to 10
Perpetrators Gender
unknown
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