The VHP's Prant Sah Gau Raksha Pramukh in Muzaffarnagar, Maheshwari, described it as a part of their two-year campaign to prevent Hindu girls from being targeted for religious conversion. They said that shopkeepers hired Muslims as henna artists, who then took advantage of the situation to entice Hindu girls and women by claiming to be able to provide their services for less money.
Muslim lads exchange phone numbers with Hindu girls and wear kalawas, a holy thread tied around the wrists, to conceal their identities. Maheshwari stated, "This was the first step of love jihad," and that it was forbidden for Muslim ladies to enter these programmes. But Maheshwari was unable to offer specifics on even one occurrence. Girls don't want to talk about such things, therefore they don't often end up on record, she said.
However, district Magistrate Arvind Malappa Bangari declined to comment at this time about the "camps." He remarked, "I've learned about it and can only comment on it after gathering more information." Lalit Mohan, the kranti Sena's in-charge for West Uttar Pradesh, stated that the camps began on sunday and will last through Tuesday, Karwa Chauth. He said that when merchants were first convinced not to employ Muslim henna artists, camps were set up to provide this service to consumers right at their door.
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