Lalit Sarma, state president of Hindu Raksha Dal, declared to the media that if Hindus are killed, they would “try to pull out and kill even the child in the womb.” He also demanded the killing of four Muslims for every Hindu killed. VHP-Bajrang Dal leader Aman Swedia similarly called for “blood for blood” and accused the Muslim community collectively. The statements were made following a violent clash between two groups over water for agricultural fields on June 13 that resulted in the death of Vinod Kashyap, a local Hindu nationalist leader reportedly affiliated with the BJP and Bajrang Dal.