SP MP booked for sedition after defending Taliban

Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq has been booked for sedition following his recent remarks allegedly defending the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India''s own freedom struggle, police said on Wednesday.

He was charged following a complaint from BJP leader Rajesh Singhal on Tuesday, Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra said.