At the Nished Andolan organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj, BJP MLA Mahesh Landge repeated Gopichand Padalkar’s call to violence against Christian pastors and priests; he pledged to demolish a church in Shirur within three months and encouraged attacks on Christian clergy. At the same event, Sangram Bapu Bhandare Patil declared, “Those involved in religious conversions are enemies of the nation.” He claimed Christian missionaries forcibly convert Hindus, brainwash them to reject Hindu gods, and make them discard religious images. He said, “When someone leaves Hinduism, we don’t just lose a Hindu—we gain a new enemy.” He further demonized Christians for eating beef and accused them of forcing Hindus to eat it in Goa.