An FIR has been registered against Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma in Balrampur for calling BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi the “biggest goonda” of RSS and party’s national president Rajnath Singh as his “slave”.
Taking cognisance of the statement of Beni Prasad Verma made during campaigning on April 1 last, the local administration finally acted after a week when they registered a case in the matter on night of Monday. An FIR has been lodged in this connection with the Sadullah Nagar police station for violating the Model Code of Conduct and a report has sent to the Election Commission as well.
This is the second case of violation of the model code by the Union Minister. Another case was lodged against him on March 31 in Gonda district for organising a roadshow in Tarabganj tehsil in which the number of vehicles was beyond permissible limit.
It may be mentioned that the mouth cannon of senior Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma as well as Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan ignited fresh controversies when one of them dubbed Narendra Modi as the “biggest goon” of RSS and BJP president Rajnath Singh as his “slave”, triggering strong reaction from the Opposition party, another called the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate as an elder brother of a “dog’s pup”.