New Delhi, Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap, who was arrested last year in Tamil Nadu for circulating fake videos of migrants from Bihar being harassed, joined the BJP on Thursday.

Kashyap, who is currently on bail, joined the BJP in the presence of BJP's national media department in-charge Ani Baluni and co-in-charges Sanjay Mayook and Manoj Tiwari. His mother was also present during the induction ceremony in the national capital.

"I have joined the BJP to work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. My mother, who fought for me when I was in jail for nine months, asked me to join the BJP," Kashyap told reporters. "

Tiwari, who is seeking a third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha from the North East Delhi constituency, expressed happiness over Kashyap joining the BJ and alleged that he was put behind bars because "some people" wanted to silence him.

Tiwari said, "Manish Kashyap raised people's issues and always spoke in favor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But, in this country, some non-BJP governments gave him a lot of trouble."

He also assured Kashyap that the BJP would give him due respect "in future" according to his capabilities.