
After the horrifying rape and murder incident of an eight-year-old in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir, people in several cities have reportedly launched a campaign to boycott the party.
“Girls below the age of 10 live in this house. BJP members should kindly not come here seeking votes.”
“***, this country is mourning for you. No entry for Sanghis. We have girl children in the house.”
“There are girl children in this house. BJP members who come seeking for votes, please stand outside the gate.”
Posters appeared outside at least 20 houses in Kalamachal near Vamanapuram in Thiruvananthapuram district on Friday banning the entry of BJP workers. The form of protest has apparently spread to Chengannur in Alappuzha district also where the BJP is facing a crucial bypoll.
BJP workers have been warned not to enter the houses seeking votes. The protest was reportedly kicked off by local CPM workers in Kalamachal, reports said.
In Jammu and Kashmir, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers have resigned after it was reported that they attended a rally in support of accused in Kathua rape and murder case. In Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, a BJP MLA has been arrested on charges of raping a 17-year-old girl.
Residents said this was done due to the alleged role of BJP workers in a number of rapes and crime against women.
In Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, a BJP MLA and his brother have been accused of raping a minor and beating up her father who later died of injuries while in custody.
Amid heightened public anger, the CBI on Friday arrested MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the directions of the Allahabad High Court.
The Kathua case relates to an eight-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community who had disappeared from near her home in a village near Kathua in the Jammu region on January 10. Her body was found in the same area a week later.