Sangeet Som, the BJP MLA from Sardhana in Meerut, has asked the Hindu youth to awaken and follow the tit-for-tat policy on the 'love jihad' issue.

He asked the Hindu youth not to wait for the police or law to take action. "You must teach the love jihadis a lesson. The police and the law will take its own course and we cannot wait endlessly for this. 'Danda uthao ya joota (pick up a rod or a shoe)-but teach them a lesson," he said.