Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), India’s largest Muslim organisation, has announced a boycott of Iftar, Eid Milan, and other events hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, and Union Minister Chirag Paswan.
Bajrang Dal workers barged into Rishikul Ayurvedic College in Haridwar on Saturday, protesting against Muslim students organizing an Iftar party on campus.
A mosque imam’s use of a loudspeaker to announce Iftar in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur led to a hate campaign by a Hindutva outfit and police intervention, resulting in the arrest of nine Muslims, including the imam.
Two temples in Malappuram district of Kerala host Iftar parties in the first weeks of Ramadan, attended by thousands and hailed as a gesture of communal harmony.
The defence ministry’s public relations officer (PRO) in Jammu deleted the photographs of Indian Army’s iftar party in Jammu and Kashmir which was tweeted by Army's official handle, after the tweet came under attack from right-wing journalist and hatemonger Suresh Chavhanke.