At a Vishwa Hindu Parishad-Bajrang Dal Shuarya Sanchalan event, retired Air Force officer Commander Bhushan Diwan called for the reclamation of all temples, emphasizing that Kashi and Mathura were just the beginning and every single temple, now destroyed or converted into mosques, must be reclaimed. He declared India a Hindu Rashtra, asserting that “invaders” and “infiltrators” — terms commonly used as anti-Muslim dog whistles — would not be allowed to remain. The crowd responded with the slogan “Desh ke gaddaro ko goli maro salo ko.” Diwan also pledged to free the 30,000 temples that were demolished.