Meerut, May 30 -- An elderly Muslim man from Meerut was arrested within 24 hours after he made inflammatory comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling them "gunde" or goons during an interview.

The man, identified as Ehsaan, made the comments to a local media channel True Bharat, on May 28, which was also Bakrid. When the interviewer asked his thoughts on the CM, he said, "Gunda mukhyamantri hai yeh (He is a rowdy chief minister)."

He also ranted against Modi and Amit Shah, even calling the Prime Minister the biggest goon among them. When the interviewee rebutted, saying Modi is a maharaja (king), the man said, "Maharaja kaha se agaya (What maharaja)?"

"Yeh toh gunda hai. A...