Bhupesh Joshi is a prominent figure in the Hindutva group Kali Sena and has emerged as one of the most vocal proponents of anti-Muslim hate campaigns in Uttarakhand. His name repeatedly surfaces in incidents where Muslims have been targeted, threatened, and forcibly removed from public and commercial spaces. 

On February 4, 2025, Joshi was named in an FIR registered in Dehradun after he and others allegedly incited a mob of nearly 60 people in Nathuwawala, turning a child sexual abuse case into a communal issue. The group delivered provocative speeches urging Hindus to assault Muslim shopkeepers and evict tenants from “other communities,” vandalizing signboards of Muslim-owned shops along the way. 

The next day, on February 5, they forced Muslim vendors to vacate a weekly market in Lower Tunwala, issuing death threats if they returned. These events followed another incident on February 9, when Joshi led efforts to evict Muslim vendors from a local market, renaming it “Sanatan Haat” and going stall to stall demanding that sellers identify their religion and chant “Jai Shree Ram.”

Joshi continued this pattern of open hostility in April. On April 21, 2025, he and Kali Sena leader Ajay Kaptaan demanded that a Muslim-owned band party, Ashok Band, change its name, claiming it misled Hindus and should not be part of Hindu religious celebrations. 

Just a week later, on April 28, Joshi led another demonstration in Raipur, Dehradun, where Kali Sena members raised incendiary slogans like “Not to Mullahs and Qazis, this country belongs to Veer Shivaji.” In his speech, Joshi clarified that the protest was not about any national tragedy, but rather aimed at local Muslims whom he described as “Pakistan lovers.”