At a Virat Hindu Sammelan organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj, Sunil Deodhar, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, accused Muslims and Christians of looting India’s wealth and blamed Muslims for historical invasions, claiming “Islam attacked us”; he spread the conspiracy of “love jihad,” accused Muslims of riots, conversions, and sexual violence, urged Hindu women to take up weapons, and called for economic boycotts of Muslims.