At the Virat Hindu Sammelan, BJP senior leader Sunil Deodhar defended the necessity of Hindu gatherings, alleging that Islamic meetings insult Hindu deities and promote religious conversions. He claimed that practices such as ghunghat were not originally Hindu traditions but were adopted from Muslim customs during periods of “jihad,” and credited Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with preventing their spread in South India. Referring to Israel as a model of national defence, he warned that states where Hindus fall into a minority begin a process of separation, pointing to Kashmir and West Bengal as examples of alleged “Islamic demographic change,” and claimed that property values decline in Muslim-majority areas. He asserted that Muslims are rapidly expanding under the slogan “hum paanch, hamare pachees,” while Hindus limit themselves to one child, and invoked “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao” to urge Hindu girls to protect themselves from “love jihad” and “jihadis,” citing films such as The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story. He warned that those who believe Islam is “in danger” in India should relocate to Pakistan and declared he would not tolerate further attempts to “break” the nation.