During a fundraising campaign for the Kumbh Mela, Pravin Togadia, founder and president of the Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), fearmongered about the Muslim population in India. He declared that Hindus would remain the majority in the country, whether through law or by force. He also praised Israel, asserting that if Israel could strike against 15 crore Arab Muslims surrounding them, India with its population, can strike the entire world.