The Uttar Pradesh chief election officer has been asked by the Election Commission of India to file an FIR against firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath.

Earlier in the day, the Election Commission of India warned firebrand Adityanath, who has been accused of making hate speeches, to be careful in his public statements.

Reprimanding the MP from Gorakhpur for violating the model code of conduct, the poll panel said that Adityanath should exercise caution in future and asked the UP government to take appropriate action against him.

On Wednesday, the Lucknow Police lodged an FIR against Adityanath for defying a ban on campaigning for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh. Despite an order by the District Magistrate disallowing an election rally at a particular site in Lucknow, the BJP MP had addressed the rally at the same place.

Despite facing allegations of creating communal divide in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP had recently appointed Yogi Adityanath as its star campaigner for the crucial elections to 11 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat on Saturday.

Attacking the BJP leader, senior Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday said, "Yogi should not be written before his name. All his activities are of a big criminal. He is used to breaking the law."