New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice on a plea seeking directions for the removal of a video posted by the official X handle of BJP Assam, which allegedly spreads communal disharmony and vilifies the Muslim community.

The application pointed to a video circulated on September 15, from the handle ‘BJP Assam Pradesh’ that purportedly depicts a “grossly false narrative” suggesting a Muslim “takeover” of Assam if the BJP doesn’t continue in power.

Issuing notice, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the BJP Assam unit and the social media platform ‘X’ and listed the matter for hearing on October 27.

The application, filed through advocate Lzafeer Ahmad, stated that the video shows “visibly Muslim people (wearing skull caps and burqas) t

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