RAIPUR: Congress leader Charandas Mahant has been booked for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chhattisgarh Police said.
"We have registered an FIR against Charandas Mahant based on a complaint received from the district election office. The accused has been booked under Section 506 of IPC. Further investigation is underway, " CSP (Rajnandgaon) Pushpendra Nayak said.
District (Rajnandgaon) electoral officer had received a complaint from the state BJP unit, which recommended local area police to register an FIR against Mahant, the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
Addressing a public rally on Friday, Mahant had said, "We need a person who can stand up strong against Modi and it can be only Bhupesh Baghel who will confront him with a stick."
BJP's state in-charge Nitin Nabin termed Mahant's comments as "cheap and indecent".
Nitin Nabin said that the people of Chhattisgarh will respond properly to "objectionable" comment against leaders like PM Modi.