At an anti-‘love jihad’ protest held as part of a campaign during the Maharashtra Assembly’s winter session to pressure lawmakers into passing a strict law against the conspiracy of ‘love jihad’, a Hindu Janajagruti Samiti member used derogatory language for Muslims, calling them “cowards who used to be Hindus” and “jalli-topiwallas,” while fearmongering about so-called “gaddar Hindus” among them.