Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday raided the residence of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dayashankar Singh. The former Uttar Pradesh BJP vice president is not traceable.
He is likely to surrender before the court, said sources.
Thousands of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers stepped up protest against Singh for comparing their party chief Mayawati to a prostitute. Angry BSP workers protested in front of the Ambedkar statue at Hazratganj in Lucknow demanding Singh's arrest for the derogatory remarks.
Party workers also broke police barricades and shouted slogans against the BJP while burning Singh's effigies.
In derogatory remarks against Mayawati on Wednesday, Singh had said, "Mayawati is breaking the dream of Kanshi Ram into pieces. Mayawati is selling tickets like a prostitute."
"Mayawati gives tickets for Rs 1 crore and if there is someone who can give Rs 2 crore than she sells it for Rs 2 crore within an hour. If someone is ready to give Rs 3 crore by the evening, she gives the ticket to him. She is even worse than a prostitute," he said.
BSP had filed a police complaint seeking an FIR against Singh under the SC/ST Act for his derogatory comments against Mayawati. BSP leaders, led by Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Naseemuddin Siddiqui, had submitted the complaint at the Hazratganj Kotwali.
The complaint, which was lodged by national secretary of BSP Mewalal Gautam, had alleged that Singh's remarks in Mau have hurt the feelings of BSP workers and the Dalit community across the country and were aimed at provoking them.
The BJP on Wednesday night expelled Singh from the party as it sought to buffer it against the fallout of his derogatory remarks against the BSP chief.
BJP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya had sacked him from the party, hours after he announced that Singh had been relieved from all organisational responsibilities. Expulsion from the party will remain in force for six years in line with the party's rules, BJP leaders said.
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