YouTuber, booked for posting ‘fake videos’ of ‘attacks’ on Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu, joins BJP

YouTuber Manish Kashyap, who was in jail and booked under the National Security Act for posting allegedly fake videos of Bihari migrants being attacked in Tamil Nadu, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday.

“I could be released from jail only because of them [BJP] and the bad days of my life came to an end,” ANI quoted Kashyap as saying. “So, I joined the BJP.”

Kashyap was granted bail in the fake videos case by the Patna High Court in December.

He also said that the charges against him under the National Security Act have been withdrawn. The Act allows for long periods of detention without trial and suspends important rights of the accused person, including the right to legal representation and immediate information about the cause of the arrest.

In November, the Madras High Court quashed the detention of Kashyap under the National Security Act. However, the court allowed the proceedings against him under the Information Technology Act to continue.

“My fight against those who defame Sanatan [Dharma] and those who are against nationalism will continue,” he said on Thursday.

Sanatana Dharma is a term some people use as a synonym for Hinduism.

Manoj Tiwari, the BJP MP from North East Delhi, who inducted him into the party, said that Kashyap has raised his voice for the people, PTI...

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