Gautam Khattar is a hardline Hindutva preacher and founder of the Sanatan Sangh, known for repeatedly inciting hate against Muslims and Christians across multiple states in India. He has made a name for himself by delivering communal speeches, often urging Hindus to boycott minorities economically and socially, while calling for religious purity and militant action in the name of Sanatan Dharma.

On May 5, 2025, during a Hindu-nationalist conference in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Khattar openly targeted the Muslim community by accusing them of cow smuggling and slaughter, a trope frequently used by right-wing groups to fuel anti-Muslim sentiments. This wasn’t an isolated instance. Just a few months earlier, on February 12 in Navapur, Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, at a public event in Shivaji High School, he had called Islam and Christianity “threats to Sanatan Dharma.” Urging Hindus to stop interacting with non-Hindus, Khattar promoted a full-scale economic and social boycott. He escalated his speech by taking an oath against missionary schools and mocking Muslims and Christians using derogatory terms like “Chaddar & Father.”

Khattar’s speeches have regularly encouraged Hindus to arm themselves. On August 14, 2024, in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, and earlier that same week on August 11 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, he incited Hindu audiences by promoting conspiracy theories such as “land jihad” and blamed Muslims and Christians for waging a supposed religious war against Hindus. He urged Hindus to retaliate, calling for a state of constant preparedness and resistance.

At Bageshwar Dham in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, on October 22, 2024, Khattar once again delivered an inflammatory speech laced with open hatred for Muslims and Christians. He mocked core Islamic beliefs, twisted Quranic verses, and attacked the Muslim call to prayer. Accusing Muslims of violence during Hindu religious processions, he declared Islam “an enemy of humanity” and encouraged communal violence. He didn’t spare Christians either—insulting Jesus Christ and dismissing Christian beliefs as false, inciting his audience to reject any interfaith respect.

Khattar regularly pushes the idea that Muslims and Christians in India are not native but converts, and must “return” to Sanatan Dharma. In a 2024 conversation, he claimed that Syed Abdullah Tariq agreed with the idea that Muslims were once Sanatanis. He used this as a basis to argue that Hinduism is the true religion for all, and declared that understanding Sanatan Dharma through his lens would reveal this universal truth.

Known for using vile, violent language, Khattar often glorifies religious violence. He has invoked the persecution of Kashmiri Pandits and fabricated claims of Muslim brutality to call for armed revenge. “Maa ko kata, behen ko loota,” he screamed at one event, demanding that at least a hundred Kashmiri Pandits pick up weapons and act like ‘Parshuram’ to turn Kashmir into a Hindu territory.