Ex-BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, speaking at a Shastra Pujan (weapon worship) and procession by VHP-Durga Vahini-Matru Shakti, urged Hindus to form groups to check the religious identities of those selling prasad near temples during Navratri and to assault non-Hindu sellers. She referred to Muslims as “jihadis,” claimed they could never consider Hindu women as sisters, and urged Hindus not to allow non-Hindus inside their homes. The event also featured guns, swords, and other weapons.