The BJP has removed its Ghaziabad city unit president Ajay Sharma from the post for disrupting the marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man in the Rajnagar area here claiming that it was a case of "love jihad".
Sharma has been removed from the post and Ghaziabad city unit general secretary Man Singh Goswami has been appointed as the officiating city president, according to a letter by BJP Uttar Pradesh State General Secretary Vidyasagar Sonkar.
"I have received the letter from the state head office and will obey the instructions," Sharma said.
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The marriage between the man and the woman, who were friends and worked in a multinational company, was later solemnized in a court.
Police said they used mild force to disperse the protesters.