Lucknow, May 18 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party filed an FIR against the media cell of the Samajwadi Party for making 'derogatory remarks' on Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on the party's social media account on X.

The complaint was filed on the complaint of the BJP Lucknow unit, a day earlier on Saturday.

Anand Dwivedi, District BJP Chief, lodged the FIR at the Hazratganj police station under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act.

Responding to the same, Brajesh Pathak had earlier said that the post reflected poorly on the SP's culture and standards.

"Reading the words used by the SP media cell colleagues while criticising, it does not seem that this party is still the party of Ram Manohar Lohia and...