Ex-BJP leader Dayashankar sent to Judicial Custody

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow-Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh who was arrested from Bihar’s Buxar district has been sent to a 14-day judicial custody. “UP CM should take action against the people who have insulted my family. I dare Akhilesh Yadav to arrest Naseemuddin Siddiqui,” Singh told the media after his arrest.

A case was lodged against Dayashankar on 20th July for making a derogatory remark against BSP chief Mayawati. Singh’s comment caused a huge furore inside and outside Parliament, forcing the BJP to expel him for six years.

The state police was searching Dayashankar with a non-bailable warrant issued by an SC/ST court of Lucknow for his alleged derogatory remarks against BSP Chief Mayawati. Earlier, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High court had rejected his plea for a stay on his arrest.