'Love Jihad' video by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath draws flak; BJP leaders call it 'self-goal' for party

"Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday refused to comment on a video that showed him asking his supporters to marry girls of another community. This undated video elicited strong criticism within the BJP fold as well. “I don't want to make any clarification on the issue. It is the responsibility of media to examine a video before showing it,” he said. The controversy began after the Gorakhpur MP was caught on camera in an undated video addressing his supporters and saying that if members of a community convert a girl of another community, then at least 100 girls of their community should be converted..."