Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari alleged that a Lord Ram statue being sculpted for Ram Navami celebrations was vandalised in Nandigram's Bheturia area, accusing "jihadis" of severing the idol's head and blaming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "appeasement politics" for enabling such incidents

Raut claimed that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah assumed power, elections at all levels — from local bodies to the Lok Sabha — have been influenced through various means