During a school session organised by Gujarati Shikshan Sangh, Hindu nationalist speaker Kajal ‘Hindusthani’ Shingala raised the slogan, “Durga ban, Kali ban, kabhi na burqewali ban” (“Become Durga, become Kali, never become one who wears a burqa”). She also declared that the country is a “Hindu Rashtra” and chanted the slogan, “Garv se kaho hum Hindu hain, Hindustan humara hai” (“Say with pride that we are Hindus; Hindustan belongs to us”).