Shiv Arora, BJP MLA, spread the baseless conspiracy of ‘love jihad’ and stoked fears of demographic change while campaigning for Deepak Bali. He accused Congress of settling outsiders for the ‘goltoppi’ vote and vowed to curb migration that he claimed would reduce the Hindu population. Arora demonized Muslims, falsely alleging they aim to make India an Islamic country by 2047 and that Jama Masjid was once a Hindu temple.