At a Trishul Deeksha event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, Gopal Nagarkatte, National Joint Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), delivered an anti-Muslim hate speech; he glorified the Babri Masjid demolition, praised Hindu mobs for killing 1400 Muslims in 1992, and called the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom a “strong response,” claiming rivers turned red with Muslim blood. He later justified making a crying Muslim child suffer, blaming “Muslim thugs.” Another speaker promoted the ‘love jihad’ conspiracy and vilified interfaith relationships