At a Sambhaji Jayanti event organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj, Nitesh Rane, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Maharashtra Minister for Fisheries, spread the conspiracy of “love jihad,” called Muslims “green snakes” and “jihadis”, urged Hindus to become “kattar”, rejected “bhaichara” and “sarv dharam samabhaav”, claimed Shivaji fought against Islam for a “Hindu rashtra”, and promoted retaliatory violence against Muslims.