Budaun, March 24: A man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on social media, police said.

Pushpendra Yadav, a resident of Ughaiti police station area here, was held following a complaint by BJP worker Kuldeep Shankhdhar on Twitter, Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Siddharth Verma said. Coal Scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Summoned Again By ED on March 29.

A case has been registered against Yadav, Verma added.