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J&K BJP Leader Threatens to Quit Over UP’s ‘I Love Muhammad’ Crackdown

He calls for quashing police cases, freeing detainees and reining in rhetoric after arrests and an internet shutdown in Bareilly.

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The J&K BJP leader accused the UP government and police of adopting a vindictive attitude.
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Overview

  • Jahanzaib Sirwal said he will resign from the BJP unless the central leadership responds to what he called a vindictive police approach in Uttar Pradesh.
  • He urged party leaders to withdraw FIRs, release those held for peaceful expressions and retract statements he said fuel communal division.
  • UP Police registered a case against 24 people in Kanpur over ‘I Love Muhammad’ boards and arrested 68 in Bareilly after Sept. 26 clashes, including a cleric.
  • The Uttar Pradesh home department suspended mobile internet, broadband and SMS in Bareilly from 3 pm on Oct. 2 to 3 pm on Oct. 4.
  • Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath warned of tough action and was quoted using “denting-painting” language about habitual lawbreakers, which drew Sirwal’s rebuke.