Lucknow, Feb. 13 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday responded to the ongoing controversy involving Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and the Magh Mela administration, asserting that "no individual can be above the law."

He targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP) for their current support of the seer and questioned their morality by citing a 2015 incident in Varanasi. He asked why the then-SP government had ordered a lathi charge and lodged an FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand if they truly respected him as a Shankaracharya.

Adressing the UP Assembly budget session, the Chief Minister emphasised that every citizen must respect India's constitutional framework.

"Not every person can write as a Shankaracharya, nor can...