Suvendu Adhikari, BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition, at an election campaign rally claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has kept the borders open to allow the entry of “Bangladeshi Muslims” and “Rohingya.” He claimed that the demography of the state has been changed and that “love jihad” and “land jihad” are occurring. He further claimed that Hindus in around six thousand villages cannot practice their religious festivities and that Hindu festivals are attacked in areas with a significant Muslim population.