Lokesh Saini, the local Shiv Sena (Shinde) president, at a meeting organized by the Sankyukt Hindu Morcha, declared that they would patrol the market during Karva Chauth in search of ‘jihadis.’ He falsely accused Muslim mehendi artists of engaging in “mehendi jihad” and called for wide use of sticks against them. Participants brandished sticks and raised chants of “Beat those Mehndi Jihadis with sticks.”.