RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday asserted that he was “not afraid” of an FIR lodged in BJP-ruled Maharashtra, over his social media post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and he will “continue to speak the truth”.

Yadav has been booked in Gadchiroli district for a post on his X handle, ahead of the PM’s tour of Bihar on Friday, in which he had alleged that Modi’s promises to the people were a “jumla” (rhetoric). The young leader shot back, “Who is afraid of an FIR? Is jumla an objectionable word? I was simply telling the truth. And I will continue to do so. They may lodge as many cases against me as they please.”

Notably, the FIR at Gadchiroli is said to have been filed following a complaint by local BJP MLA Milind Narote. Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav, dubbed the FIR as an instance of “political vendetta”.