At a Shakti Sammelan against “love jihad,” organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Balai Mahasangh and attended by school children, speakers Manoj Parmar and VHP leader Mala Singh Thakur spread anti-Muslim conspiracy theories of “love jihad” and “land jihad,” fearmongering about forced religious conversions. They alleged Muslim men trap Hindu women, forcibly convert them, and brutally kill those who resist.