The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked All India Majlis-e-Itthehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for allegedly vitiating communal harmony, violating Covid norms and making “indecent” remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said Friday.

The FIR was registered at the Barabanki city police station after his party’s rally, as Owaisi was on a three-day trip to Uttar Pradesh, where his party plans to contest 100 seats in the upcoming assembly polls.

Describing the offences, Prasad said that Owaisi violated Covid guidelines by not wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing. Owaisi addressed a large gathering at his Katra Chandana rally.

Prasad informed that Owaisi claimed that the 100-year-old Ram Sanehi Ghat mosque was razed by the administration and its debris was also removed, which was contrary to facts, and his statement could vitiate communal harmony.

In a scathing attack on PM Modi, Mr Owaisi had Thursday alleged there have been efforts to turn the country into a “Hindu Rashtra” since he came to power seven years back.

Referring to the law against instant triple talaq, the Hyderabad MP also mentioned the “plight” of Hindu women, while directing a personal barb at PM Modi.

“Ever since Narendra Modi became prime minister, efforts are on to demolish secularism and make the country a Hindu Rashtra,” he had said.