New Delhi: A police case or FIR should be filed against the BJP's Yogi Adityanath for allegedly promoting religious enmity, the Election Commission said today. The BJP's star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh delivered a speech recently designed to incite communal tension, the Commission has found. It has also written to the controversial leader, warning him to be careful.
Adityanath, a senior priest and a 42-year-old law-maker from Uttar Pradesh, was also listed today along with other leaders from his party in another FIR for defying the state government to hold a rally in Lucknow on Wednesday evening.
Adityanath said that he went ahead with the public meeting despite being refused permission by local officials "to fight against the UP government's dictatorship and undemocratic ways." The rally has been filmed and will be scrutinized by the Election Commission to determine what action should be taken next.
In the national election in May, the BJP won 71 of the 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Critics claim the outstanding result was accomplished by Amit Shah through a strategy pivoted on stirring communal tensions for electoral advantage. Mr Shah, a top aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now the BJP president, has denied those charges.
In his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister called for an end to communal violence.
Adityanath, a senior priest and a 42-year-old law-maker from Uttar Pradesh, was also listed today along with other leaders from his party in another FIR for defying the state government to hold a rally in Lucknow on Wednesday evening.
Adityanath said that he went ahead with the public meeting despite being refused permission by local officials "to fight against the UP government's dictatorship and undemocratic ways." The rally has been filmed and will be scrutinized by the Election Commission to determine what action should be taken next.
In the national election in May, the BJP won 71 of the 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Critics claim the outstanding result was accomplished by Amit Shah through a strategy pivoted on stirring communal tensions for electoral advantage. Mr Shah, a top aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now the BJP president, has denied those charges.
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In his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister called for an end to communal violence.
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