Yoga guru Baba Ramdev gestures during a news conference in Kangra in Himachal Pradesh yesterday.
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Troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga guru being booked in Rajasthan and a court case filed against him in Bihar.
Ramdev's comment on Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his "honeymoon" has sparked outrage. He apologised on Saturday and said he was misinterpreted.
In Jaipur, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against him.
"Some people showing newspaper cuttings lodged a complaint against Ramdev on Sunday in Jyoti Nagar police station here. They said that their sentiments have been hurt by Ramdev's remarks and demanded action against him," a police officer said in Jaipur yesterday.
Earlier, people belonging to the Dalit community protested against the yoga guru in the Rajasthan capital.
Some of the angry protesters blackened a poster of Ramdev, shouting slogans against him and demanding his immediate arrest for insulting the community.
Ramdev said in Lucknow on Friday: "He (Rahul Gandhi) goes to Dalits' houses for honeymoon and picnic. Had he married a Dalit girl, his luck could have clicked and he would have become the prime minister."
In Bihar, a minister filed a case against the yoga guru yesterday.
"I have filed a case in the court against Ramdev for insulting and humiliating Dalits," Food and Civil Supply Minister Shyam Razak told reporters in Patna.
He said he has demanded jail term for the yoga guru.
"The right place for Ramdev is in jail. He has hurt the Dalits by saying that Rahul Gandhi goes to Dalits' houses to celebrate honeymoon," the minister said.
The Janata Dal-United leader demanded the central government lodge a case against Ramdev under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Congress has accused Ramdev of insulting Dalits and women.
Meanwhile, a Jharkhand court yesterday denied anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Giriraj Singh for his hate speech during campaigning.
A Bokaro court had issued an arrest warrant on April 23 against the BJP leader for his speech.
Two FIRs were lodged against Giriraj Singh - one in Bokaro district and the second in Deoghar district of the state - on the instructions of the Election Commission.
Singh said in his speech on April 18 while campaigning in Jharkhand that "those who are opposing BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi are supporters of Pakistan."
A Bokaro police team went to Patna last week to arrest the BJP leader but did not find him at his home.
Singh was granted anticipatory bail in another case relating to making hate speeches by a Patna court last week.
Singh is the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Nawada constituency in Bihar.
