At the Akhil Bhartiye Kavya Samaroh event, far-right religious monks made remarks targeting Muslims. Madhuram Sharan Shiva, a leader of the armed monks’ group Shiva Shakti Akhada, says he is looking for Dashrath-like Hindus who would tell their sons to “pick up arms and kill jihadis.” Another speaker, Mahant Raju Das, referred to Muslims as “atankwadi” (terrorists), claiming that they arrived in India as “300 people” and have now grown to “over 40 crore.” He alleged that Muslims came as looters through Jammu & Kashmir and accused them of being disloyal to the nation, stating that they “love only their asmaani kitaab (heavenly book)” which “contains no truth.”