Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, speaking at a campaign rally, questioned whether attendees were willing to hand over the state to those he referred to as “ghuspaithiya” (infiltrators) or keep it with “Bengalis,” claiming that Mamata Banerjee wants to hand it over to “ghuspaithiya” and the “Jamat.” He claimed that “Bangladeshi ghuspaithiya” are “eating up” the state and weakening it.