A MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday ordered the Wazirganj Police Station to file an FIR against former Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments with a statement against goddess Lakshmi.
The probe was ordered against Maurya by Special Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ambrish Kumar Srivastava over a statement that the the former SP leader made on X.
The complainant, Ragini Rastogi, alleged that a statement of Swami Prasad Maurya published on November 15 last year in newspapers hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus.
According to her complaint, Maurya in a post also on X said that while people across religions were born with two hands and two legs, how can Lakshmi be born with four hands.
The complainant alleged that Maurya has on several occasions hurt the sentiments of Hindus by making similar statements.
Meanwhile, Swami Prasad Maurya recently in February 2024 resigned from the Samajwadi Party and also quit as a member of the state legislative council, stating, “I believe in clean politics…The reason behind parting ways is ideological differences. I have had ideological differences with Akhilesh Yadav.”
“I saw Akhilesh Yadav, he is going against socialist ideology. I have the experience of working with Mulayam Singh Yadav as well. He was a staunch socialist leader. Those who are carrying forward his legacy are not able to follow his ideology. It is unfortunate…,” he added after resigning from the party.
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