At a Virat Hindu Sammelan organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj, Nitesh Rane, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Maharashtra Minister for Fisheries, called Muslims “green snakes,” declared India a “Hindu Rashtra,” rejected ideas such as “sarva dharma sambhav,” “bhaichara,” and “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb,” said those who support such values should go to Pakistan, claimed Muslims who do not chant “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and sing “Vande Mataram” have no right to live in India, mocked Muslims over Bakr-Eid, demonised madrasas as “hubs of terrorists,” spread the conspiracy of “love jihad,” and fearmongered about Muslims taking over Hindu localities through demographic change.