Harsha Thakur is a far-right Hindutva influencer known for her incendiary hate speeches and open calls for violence against Muslims. She has repeatedly used public platforms to demonize Muslims, spread dangerous conspiracy theories, and incite communal tensions. 

On February 19, 2024, while standing in front of Jama Masjid in Pune, Maharashtra, she called on Hindus to pick up swords, declared India a Hindu Rashtra, and told the crowd to contact her if any “jihadi” troubled them, promising to “take care of them.” Her words were a direct incitement to violence, delivered with the intent to mobilize Hindus against Muslims.

Just days earlier, on February 11, at a Hindutva event in Jalna organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj, she referred to Muslims as “Aurangzeb” and invoked historical revenge, declaring, “First Babur was finished, now it’s time for Aurangzeb. Keep patience, Shah Jahan will also be finished.” Her words frame the present-day Muslim community as enemies to be eliminated.

She continued her hate campaign on June 20, 2024, in Prahladpur, Jalna, where she pushed the “love jihad” conspiracy, telling Hindus that “Muslims can never be yours.” She warned against befriending Muslim women and urged Hindus to join VHP and Bajrang Dal to take extreme actions against so-called “love jihadis.”

In August 2024, she incited violence, saying, “Cut the jihadi dogs if they dare to touch you.” She spread demographic paranoia, claiming that Muslim men had multiple wives and would produce 40 children if not sterilized. She called for revenge, saying, “First Babur was finished, now it’s time for Aurangzeb. Keep patience, Shah Jahan will also be finished,” invoking violent historical revisionism to justify her hate. She framed this as not just a religious issue but a matter of protecting “our women’s character,” a common Hindutva tactic to vilify Muslim men and justify attacks on them.

On September 24, 2024, in Hadgaon, Nanded, Maharashtra, at a VHP-Bajrang Dal event, she again unleashed an anti-Muslim tirade. She used slurs, repeated the “love jihad” conspiracy, and called for taking over mosques. Her speeches consistently promote violence, social segregation, and a supremacist vision of India as a Hindu-only nation.

On October 22, 2024, in Jalna, Maharashtra, she falsely claimed that Bangladeshis in India wanted to rape Hindu women, using the term “jihadis” as a clear reference to Muslims. 

Eight days later in Delgur, Nanded, Maharashtra, while campaigning for independent Hindu nationalist candidate Dr. Virupaksha Maharaj, she urged voters not to support any candidate who gives employment to Muslims. She also spread fear about the Waqf Board and declared that India would never function under Sharia law, reinforcing anti-Muslim paranoia.