Swami Chakrapani is an Indian political activist and ascetic. He claims to be the president of the Hindu Mahasabha (which is a long-standing Hindu nationalist organization in India) but the high court has denied this claim.
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He gained a lot of media attention when he purchased the wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim’s properties at auction and then attempt to convert them into public toilets. He also bought one of the mobster’s cars at the same auction for Rs.32,000. the car was in a poor state so the Chakrapani burnt the car along with the posters of Ibrahim as a symbolic protest.
The activist said his life is under threat from the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and wanted protection, but was not happy with the protection he received as he put in a petition saying that the protection provided to him was inadequate and he still has a grave threat to his life.
Chakrapani was one of the litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi case and had proposed building a gold Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will have priests from the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
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During the 2018 Kerala floods, Chakrapani publicly opposed providing help to beef eaters and blamed the floods on the killing of cows. Following his statement, the official website of the Hindu Mahasabha was hacked and defaced with a recipe for a spicy beef curry.
The activist will be now seen at 10 pm on ALT Balaji and MX Player