At a Virat Hindu Sammelan held to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), religious preacher and politician Acharya Pramod Krishnam said, “India became a slave because those who were traitors were born Hindus. Those who, despite being born Hindus, want to destroy Hinduism are the illegitimate ‘children of Aurangzeb.’” He further commented on the Opposition, claiming they would be erased if they attempted to erase Hindutva.