BJP Leader Backs Ban On Muslim Countries In US

BJP lawmaker Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur has praised USA President Donald Trump's temporary ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries and said similar action is needed to check terrorism in India.

The lawmaker also alleged during his speeches that the situation in western Uttar Pradesh is similar to the Kashmir Valley around three decades ago, when "Kashmiri Pandits were terrorized and forced to leave". The situation, he claimed, was especially grim in Muzzafarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut and Ghaziabad.  He accused the ruling Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP of allowing it to happen with their policies over the years.

"What happened in Kashmir in 1990...the same is going to happen in UP," the lawmaker said, adding, "BJP is committed not to let this happen anymore. We have lost Kashmir Valley, but we cannot let western Uttar Pradesh to become second Kashmir."