Key themes from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s campaign speech: “We must not allow cow slaughter on the soil of Bengal, and such lawlessness must not be permitted. Incidents of ‘land jihad’ and ‘love jihad’ must be stopped at all costs. To provide employment to Bengal’s youth, ensure the safety of every daughter, protect traders, and bring prosperity to Bengal, a double engine government is needed, under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In Uttar Pradesh, namaz is not offered on the streets, there is no shouting from mosques, strict laws have been enacted against ‘love jihad,’ and neither ‘land jihad’ nor cow slaughter is allowed. Today, the mayor of Kolkata challenges you by saying that half of Bengal will speak Urdu, meaning they want to eliminate Bangla and Bengali identity. This conspiracy of the TMC must not succeed. Tell those who say Urdu will be spoken here to go where it is spoken, in Bengal Bangla will prevail. Along with Bengal’s art and culture, the dignity of women, and employment for youth, the bulldozer of Uttar Pradesh will respond firmly. Today, Bengal’s demography is being changed. In districts like Malda, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Birbhum, Nadia, and Howrah, there is a conspiracy to reduce Hindus to zero and eliminate them completely. The TMC is enabling Bangladeshi ‘ghuspaithiya’ (infiltrators) to enter Bengal, changing the demography and taking away your rights. Of the 570 km of land that requires border fencing, the TMC government does not want it to happen because it wants to facilitate ghuspaith (infiltration) syndicates and use them as a vote bank. The land is being taken over by ‘ghuspaithiya’ (infiltrators), and the people here appear fearful and helpless. Anyone who hesitates to say ‘Vande Mataram’ on the soil of India should leave and go where they feel comfortable, as it is a song of national reverence that every Indian should sing, and those who oppose it cannot be accepted by the nation.”