An FIR is registered against Congress leader and former minister Raja Pateria on complaint of a BJP local district coordinator (legal cell) advocate Sandeep Shukla.
Shukla has cited a electronic media information that he allegedly spoke derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a gathering held in the Pawai area of Panna district.
The BJP functionary took ground that this remark of the Congress leader might disturb harmony in two section of the society.
The police registered the case against the Congress leader under sections 124 (A), 154 (A) and 504 of IPC in the Omit Police Station of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.