On 16th February 2017, we published a post titled “Dear Bajrang Dalwalon, look at this cute Valentine’s Day celebration in a BJP office. Make love, not war.” In that post, we shared a video by a Facebook user which was that of a party at Valentine’s Day Celebration at BJP Office in Mira Bhayandar. We appealed to the folks in Bajrang Dal to take inspiration from their ideological brother BJP and stop terrorising couples in the name of culture. The video can be seen below:

Valentine’s Day Celebration at BJP Office in Mira Bhayandar Posted by Alt News on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

However, instead of Bajrang Dal taking inspiration, it seems BJP has taken offence to its own cadre having some fun. According to a report by Hindustan Times, 8 of the people seen in the above video were asked to resign. The report states:

The report quotes BJP MLA Narendra Nath. He stated:

While the intention of the article that we wrote was to spread a positive message of love and liberalism, BJP has instead reacted according to their basal instincts of conservatism and thus strengthening the extreme right wing elements in the Sangh.

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