SP candidate booked for remarks on Maya-Modi

Nahid was quoted as telling SP workers: “Mayawati sat in the lap of Modi thrice, both are unmarried. Mayawati was defeated by my grandfather and even faced my father once. Now if she faces me, you will see.”

He also referred to a “mad elephant” and how it would not be allowed to enter Shamli and Kairana — the elephant is the BSP poll symbol. After clippings of his speech, videographed by the electronic media, were aired, the administration moved to take steps.

The police were directed to lodge a case at the Shamli City Kotwali police station Saturday.“We have registered a case against Nahid Hasan for violation of the model code of conduct and for using unparliamentary language. The incident was reported by a sub-inspector deployed in Shamli town. No arrest has been made so far,” Anand Singh Yadav, SHO, Shamli Kotwali, said.Incidentally, Nahid Hasan’s mother Tabassum Hasan was a BSP MP and joined the SP only after the announcement of the polls. Nahid too was given a BSP ticket for the Gangoh Assembly seat in Saharanpur in 2012.

But the ticket was withdrawn by the BSP after Nahid’s name came up in a sting operation.

Nahid contested the Assembly polls and stood fourth, polling over 33,000 votes.