During an event commemorating the birth centenary of VHP leader Ashok Singhal, Swami Jitendranand Saraswati claimed that during the Bengal elections, the TMC had booked 4,000 rooms in Kolkata to abduct Hindu women and celebrate its election victory. He said that, as a monk, he was interested in the elections so that Hindu women who marry Hindu men would go to their husbands’ homes rather than being abducted by Muslims. He also claimed that eight teams, including Islamic terrorists, had created unrest in the country and that the CIA was fully involved.