Overview

• Lucknow Police registered an FIR at Vibhutikhand police station under Sections 79, 196, 299 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita with IT Act charges after Pravesh Yadav alleged the cleric’s televised comments insulted women and risked communal disharmony.
• Rashidi’s televised critique of MP Dimple Yadav’s uncovered attire in a mosque drew sharp cross-party condemnation from figures including BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj and Congress’ Renuka Chowdhury.
• Members of Parliament from the NDA held a protest outside the Parliament complex denouncing the cleric’s remarks as derogatory and contrary to secular harmony.
• The cleric has maintained that his comments were based on Islamic decorum in places of worship and has vowed legal action over threats received by his supporters.
• On July 29, a Samajwadi Party supporter slapped Rashidi during a live broadcast in Noida as political tensions around the case intensified.