A leader of Uttar Pradesh's ruling BJP is on camera as he unabashedly puts out a warning for Muslims to vote for his wife in civic polls or "face kasht (difficulties) like never before". The video of the speech, made in the presence of two state ministers, has been widely shared. BJP councilor Ranjeet Kumar Srivastava's wife Shashi Srivastava is contesting the civic polls later this month in Barabanki.