Aadesh Soni is a local Hindutva leader and social media influencer from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He is known for his inflammatory hate speeches against Christians, where he called for the public humiliation, stripping, raping, and killing of Christians and for violent cow vigilantism.

In February 2025, Soni called on Hindus to attack, rape, and kill Christians across the villages of Bishrampur, Ganeshpur, and Jhanakpur in Chhattisgarh on March 1, 2025. He urged his followers to mobilize at least 50,000 people to attack Christian families specifically, execute their leaders erase any trace of their faith from the region. He accused Christians of “brainwashing children” through conversion efforts, a conspiracy theory peddled by right-wing Hindu leaders.

Soni posted the widely circulated video on social media in which he said the plan was to “kill all Christians, violate the honor of their daughters and daughters-in-law, commit obscene acts against them, forcibly enter Christian homes, and spare no one but corrupt them all.” He added, “I have got the support of the administration, this is enough for me.”

Soni regularly also posts acts of cow vigilantism and related violence against minorities on his social media.