Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari. File photo
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A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari for allegedly making objectionable remarks on the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, the police said on Friday.

An FIR was lodged at the Shadiabad police station in Ghazipur under relevant sections of the BNS, they said. Dev Prakash Singh, a resident of Baddhupur village in the Birno police station limits, submitted a written complaint to the Shadiabad Station House Officer on February 13.

In his complaint, Mr. Singh said on February 12, during an event organised at Shaheed Jagpati Ram Chowk to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas, the MP from Ghazipur made the offensive comments.