Mathura: With an eye on consolidating its base in Uttar Pradesh, especially in western parts, the state BJP on Saturday asked the youth to remain vigilant against "love jihad" (Hindu girl-Muslim boy affair) and accused the state government of being "lenient" on youth belonging to the minority community.
"Youth should be vigilant against love jihad. Why is the government lenient on those who indulge in such practise? Have they (youth of the minority community) got licence to convert the girls of majority community," UP BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpai said addressing the two-day meeting of state party executive committee.
He also took on the UP government over communal clashes in the state.
The recent communal clashes in the state are an outcome of Samajwadi Party government's policies as it protected rioters on the basis of religion while making concerted efforts to drag BJP into the riots, Bajpai charged.
"The government has virtually turned communal and instead of providing relief to aggrieved, it is sending them to jail," the BJP leader alleged.
BJP president Amit Shah was expected to inaugurate the event but he did not turn up. Union Minister Kalraj Mishra opened the event in place of Shah.
Bajpai alleged "Mazhabi raktapat (communal bloodshed) is the outcome of the policies of SP government. Protecting rioters on the basis of religion and harassment of innocent on the basis of religion is on" in UP.
Bajpai charged the SP government was taking revenge on the people of the state after loss in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
"SP has not taken the results of Lok Sabha polls in the right spirit. Therefore, it is taking revenge on the people. The power crisis in the state is one example", he alleged.
The opening session was also attended by prominent leaders like Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, party vice-president, Dinesh Sharma, national secretaries Srikant Sharma and Ramshankar Katheria, former state chief Surya Pratap Shahi, Ramapati Tripathi, Vinay Katiyar, Lalji Tandon and Mathura MP Hema Malini.
