At a Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha event, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar and Sangram Bapu Bhandare Patil made explicit calls for violence against Christian missionaries. Padalkar alleged that Christian pastors are targeting Hindu women and referred to Indian Christians as proxies of the British Empire. He also peddled the conspiracy theory of “love jihad.” Sangram Bapu Bhandare Patil falsely claimed that Christian missionaries were conspiring against Hindus and issued warnings of violence.