Uttar Pradesh BJP alleged that the statement of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Lord Hanuman during an election rally he addressed in Rajasthan was misquoted. “The CM never made a remark about the caste of Lord Hanuman and the media misquoted him and twisted the issue,” said state BJP spokesperson Chandramohan on Friday. Election Commission (EC) had already served a notice on UP CM over his reported statement while several organisations criticised the saint-turned-politician for giving a casteist turn during his poll campaigning for Rajasthan Assembly election. Yogi Adityanath reportedly had said at a rally in Alwar on Tuesday: “Bajrang Bali (Hanuman) is such a god that he is a forest-dweller, lives in the mountains. He takes everyone along, including Dalits, from east to west, north to south, and unites them all.” He urged the crowd to take a “Bajrangi sankalp (vow)” and vote for the BJP candidate. Chandramohan clarified that the CM had only said that Lord Hanuman took every along, including dalits and deprived, but it was wrongly reported that he said that Hanuman was a Dalit.