BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, speaking at an election campaign meeting, claimed that a large number of those excluded from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were “Bangladeshi Muslims.” He promoted the anti-Muslim conspiracy theories such as “love jihad,” “land jihad,” and “religious jihad”, and stated that if the BJP comes to power, it would seal the border within 45 days to prevent the entry of “illegal infiltrators.”