Bhopal, Feb. 27 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday performed a havan-pujan in support of Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and for the wisdom of the Uttar Pradesh government as the POCSO case triggers political backlash.

The Congress leaders held the havan rituals at the Hanuman Temple located at Red Cross Square in the state capital Bhopal on Friday and alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched against the Shankaracharya to defame him.

This comes after last week, when an FIR was lodged at Jhunsi police station against Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, his disciple Mukundanand Brahmachari, and others following directions from a Special Court under the POCSO Act.

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