Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday warned of strict action against any party colleagues who make divisive remarks, hours after a video of an Uttar Pradesh legislator allegedly threatening a Muslim vegetable vendor went viral on social media.
In the video, BJP MLA from Charkhari Brijbhushan Rajput is seen asking the name of a vegetable vendor in his neighbourhood, to which he replies that his name was 'Rajkumar'. The MLA then tells him that he was a Muslim, further ordering him to not be seen in the locality again. According to reports, the video had been taken near Rajput's Lucknow residence.
The incident comes a day after another BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, Suresh Tiwari, was seen calling upon people to boycott fruits and vegetables from Muslim vendors.
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