At a gathering organised against the Waqf Act, West Bengal Minister-in-Charge for Mass Education Extension & Library Services Siddiqullah Chowdhury said he can arrange 10,000 people in 50 places to shut down Kolkata. "They will come, settle in Kolkata and eat food," he purportedly said in a video shared by BJP's Amit Malviya. He said they can cause traffic jams.