At a Hindu Sammelan marking the centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay delivered an anti-Christian and anti-Muslim speech. He claimed that conversions are being carried out by Christian missionaries through inducements, cheating, and the spreading of superstitions, and called on people to monitor and “treat” those indulging in such activities and hand them over to the police. Upadhyay claimed that a person remains a “brother” only as long as they are Hindu and becomes an “enemy” after conversion. He termed Christians and Muslims as “converted Hindus” and alleged that religious conversion is a national threat, demanding that it be prosecuted under the NSA and UAPA, describing it as organised crime, war, and terrorism, and calling for the seizure of property, cancellation of citizenship, and life imprisonment for those involved. He further demanded the renaming of places and people with “Indian” names, calling existing names symbols of British-era “slavery.” He also called for “taking back” temples he alleged were demolished by Mughal rulers and for renaming Mughal-era forts and architecture.