Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya booked for hurting religious sentiments

An FIR has been lodged against senior Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya for allegedly raising a slogan hurting religious sentiments of Hindus during a public programme attended by party president Akhilesh Yadav here police said on WednesdayThe FIR was lodged under IPC Section 295A deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs Circle Officer City Vandana Singh saidOn Monday Maurya attended an event where Yadav unveiled the statue of BSP founder Kanshi RamAccording to the police complaint filed on Tuesday by Marut Tripathi a resident of Rae Bareli a video clip has gone viral on the internet in which Maurya an MLC could be seen raising the slogan Mile MulayamKanshi Ram hawa ho gaye Jai Shri RamThe complainant said the slogan has hurt the religious sentiments of the Sanatani society and will disturb the social harmony of society according to policeMauryas former party colleague and BSP chief Mayawati reacted to the FIR saying It has been the nature of SP to do politics of casteist hatred and baseless issues instead of development and public interest of UPAlso Read Mamata Banerjee appeals for peace on Hanuman JayantiMaurya however said there was no reason for an FIR against him but they have lodged it stillI will explore my legal options I dont want to politicise the issue but the government is working with hostility nowadays he allegedHe said when he talked about the rights of women backwards and Dalits some people made derogatory remarks against him in the name of religion and even threatened him Some gave a supari ransom for my murder while someone waiving a sword said I will kill Swami Prasad Maurya but no action has been taken against them till dateEarlier this year Maurya a prominent OBC leader of the state kicked off a major controversy by alleging that certain verses of the Ramcharitmanas insult a large section of society on the basis of caste and demanded that these be bannedMaurya a minister in Yogi Adityanaths first tenure as chief minister had switched to Samajwadi Party just before the 2022 assembly elections Before that he was in the BSPThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever