Swami Prasad Maurya, a Senior Samajwadi Party leader, insulted Hindu saints and seers by calling them 'Aatanki' and 'Jallad'. Earlier, he demanded a ban on Ramcharitmanas. According to him, its certain verses' insult' a large section of society.
In his Tweet in Hindi on January 27, Maurya wrote, “Recently, some religious contractors have declared a reward for those who cut my tongue and head; if someone else had said the same thing, the same contractor would have called him a terrorist, but now these saints, mahants, religious leaders, and caste-specific leaders have declared a reward for those who cut my tongue and head. What do you call such people aatanki, mahashaitan or jallads.”
On January 24, an FIR under sections 153A, 295A,298, 504 505(2) of the IPC was registered against Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya in connection with his remarks on Ramcharitramanas. The complaint was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by one Shivendra Mishra.