In an interview published in "Livemint", she said that it is the idea of a plural India that she and her late husband grew up with that she is fighting for, "despite all odds...They passed the Babri Masjid verdict, triple talaq law, demonetization, we didn't say anything, but we will not stand for this division." During the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, Bilkis Bano tried to join the protests but was escorted away by the police. She expressed solidarity with the farmers at an event at Press Club of India. Right wing media in India like OpIndia and Zee News have criticized her, calling her a cover for radical and separatist elements and a "sympathiser of anti-India forces".