At a Hindu Yuva Sangathan rally against alleged atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, a speaker claimed, without evidence, that over six crore “ghuspaithiye” (illegal infiltrators) are settled across India, and pose a threat to Hindus. He warned them to leave, threatening that what happened in Sambhal would be repeated in Sambalpur if they did not. He also promoted conspiracy theories of “population jihad” and questioned why Muslims stayed in India after the creation of Pakistan.