Haryana BJP's IT Cell In-Charge Removed For Controversial Tweets

The Information Technology chief of the BJP's Haryana unit, Arun Yadav, was dropped by the party on Thursday, amid growing calls for his arrest for controversial tweets against Muslims and Islam.

Arun Yadav has found himself facing a spiralling backlash for his social media posts, widely shared by his detractors, with many comparing his impunity with the treatment of Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, who has been arrested over a 2018 tweet.

#ArrestArunYadav was among the top trends on Twitter on Thursday, with his tweets posted between May this year and 2017 shared thousands of times.