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A cleric from Bihar has been booked for allegedly making objectionable remarks astir Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's mother, constabulary said connected Monday (March 9, 2026).
An FIR was registered against Maulana Abdul Salim connected March 7 astatine the Nagar Kotwali constabulary presumption successful Balrampur based connected a ailment filed by territory BJP president Ravi Mishra, Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar said.
Mr. Salim has been booked nether sections 352 (insult) and 353-2 (public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, helium added.
According to the complaint, Mr. Salim allegedly made the objectionable remarks during a spiritual gathering. The complainant besides claimed that the cleric attempted to incite members of the number assemblage against laws related to cattle slaughter.
Mr. Mishra claimed the remarks angered BJP workers and members of the Hindu community, and threatened to disturb societal harmony.
The constabulary serviceman said a lawsuit was registered based connected the complaint, and an probe into the substance is underway.
"Further ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken based connected the facts that look during the investigation," Mr. Kumar said.
The comments by the cleric triggered protests successful respective parts of the state, including Balrampur and Lucknow, wherever BJP workers took to thoroughfare demanding strict enactment against him.
In Lucknow, an exertion has besides been fixed to the constabulary for registration of an FIR successful the matter.
BJP MP from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan, said the remarks were "condemnable and unacceptable" and had exposed the cleric's mindset.
"In Indian culture, a parent is regarded arsenic the highest awesome of respect and reverence. Those who insult motherhood really exposure their ain values and mindset," helium said connected X.
"Society is watching what their spiritual reasoning reflects astir their cognition towards women. Such a mindset volition ne'er beryllium accepted by this nation," helium said.
