BJP MLA Asheem Sarkar, while speaking at a BJP protest against the Pahalgam attack, delivered a speech in which he targeted the Muslim community and the Quran. He claimed that certain verses in the Quran would “make one’s blood boil” and alleged that these are taught in madrasas to brainwash children. He asserted that Muslims would never accept Hindus as friends and accused them of seeking opportunities to capture and brutally kill Hindus.