Ali Akbar quits State BJP committee

In a jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit, filmmaker Ali Akbar has said that he has resigned from the all positions in the party. Announcing this in his Facebook post, Mr. Akbar, a memb

In a jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit, filmmaker Ali Akbar has said that he has resigned from the all positions in the party. Announcing this in his Facebook post, Mr. Akbar, a member of the BJP State committee, said he abdicated all his responsibilities in the party as he was upset over some recent incidents. However, he would carry on without any political affiliations, he clarified.

Mr, Akbar, who is active on social media and takes part on behalf of the BJP in TV channel debates, said in another post that he had not messed with anyone. His resignation came when the BJP State unit is facing rebellion in the wake of the revamp in the organisation at the State and national levels.

In his Facebook post, Mr. Akbar said that the common man might not understand how a person belonging to the Muslim community in the BJP had to face the humiliation from the community and his own family. But the political leadership must understand it. It was about the Muslims who had got the Sangh Parivar tag several years ago, he said.