At ‘anti-love jihad’ protests organized by multiple right-wing Hindu groups, inflammatory speeches propagated hate and divisive conspiracies. Speaker Pandit Mohitram Phatak used anti-Muslim slurs, calling for violence and an economic boycott of Muslims, urging, “We have to show these ‘Mullas’ their place! Don’t buy anything from them.” He also invoked the conspiracy of ‘love jihad,’ declaring, “Become Durga or Kali but never a burkhewali.”
Another speaker described ‘love jihad’ as a “cancer” threatening Hindu women and demanded laws to combat it, while a third speaker further amplified the baseless ‘love jihad’ conspiracy.