Akash Anand, who is the nephew of Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, was booked on Sunday over his remarks comparing the state government in Uttar Pradesh to Afghanistan's Taliban during a poll rally.
Anand, who is the National Coordinator of the BSP was reportedly booked along with his party colleagues Mahendra Yadav, Akshay Kalra, Shyam Awasthi and Vikas Rajvanshi.
Targeting the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh at Sitapur, Akash Anand reportedly said the state was run by a government of traitors, similar to that of the Taliban. The 29-year-old further said UP is governed by a "terrorist government" that starves the young and enslaves the elderly.
"This is a government (UP) of traitors. The party that leaves its youth starving, and enslaves its elderly is a terrorist government. Taliban runs such a government in Afghanistan," India Today reported Akash Anand as saying at the Sitapur rally.
The case has been registered under sections 171c, 153b, 188, 502(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 125 of the RP Act, the report added.
