Overview
- Organisers claimed participation of about five lakh people while on-the-ground reports described thousands and lakhs streaming into the venue for the collective chanting.
- West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose cut short a Delhi trip to attend and deliver a speech, according to Lok Bhavan officials.
- Senior BJP leaders, including Dilip Ghosh, Sukanta Majumdar and Suvendu Adhikari, were in attendance, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was invited but did not attend.
- Spiritual figures led or were invited to the programme, with Swami Gyananandaji Maharaj presiding and Baba Ramdev and Dhirendra Shastri among the featured guests.
- Authorities and organisers set up extensive logistics for the 9 a.m. start, including three stages, 25 entry gates, CCTV and drone monitoring, and medical teams, as the event followed a contentious mosque foundation ceremony in Murshidabad a day earlier.