THANE: While the so-called tradition keepers like Bajrang Dal are busy in thrashing couples on the ‘Love Diwas’, a video shared on social media showing the men and women at BJP’s office celebrating Valentine’s Day.
The video was uploaded by one Jitu Bhai on Facebook purportedly shot at Mira-Bhayander in Thane district of Maharashtra shows a decorated hall with a big BJP banner in the background.
The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified by The Siasat Daily.
https://youtu.be/ICEZiz2ex7g
BJP’s ideological brother Bajrang Dal and other fringe elements harassing the young couples celebrating the day of international love (Valentine’s Day).
The activists so-called moral policing indulged in such a kind of brutal violence and take law in their own hands. They assaulted and thrashed the couples in Muzaffarpur, Bihar for celebrating Valentine’s Day.
A video of same can be seen below:
#WATCH Bajrang Dal activists thrash couples in Bihar's Muzaffarpur in a protest against Valentine's Day pic.twitter.com/XiXkn7iUFd
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2017
Many right wing leaders suggested celebrating the day as ‘Matra-Pitra Pujya Diwas’ even the Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh celebrated February 14 as ‘Parents Day’.
The district collector J K Jain had come out with an order directing all educational and social institutions to observe February 14 as ‘Matra-Pitra Pujya Diwas’ (Worship of mother and father day).