BJP leader Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party's senior minister Azam Khan, who have been banned by the Election Commission from addressing public meetings and rallies in Uttar Pradesh, were today booked under different cases for violating model code of conduct while campaigning in the state.

While two FIRs were lodged against Mr Shah for allegedly asking for votes on the grounds of caste and religion, one was filed against Mr Khan for his Kargil war remarks.

Yesterday while announcing the ban, the Election Commission had said the two leaders must be booked for making “highly inflammatory speeches.

Both Mr Shah and Mr Khan have sought a review of the ban.

Mr Shah, a close aide of the BJP leader Narendra Modi, has already been booked for talking about “revenge” for the communal violence that tore through Muzaffarnagar last year. Mr Shah delivered the controversial speeches in Bijnor and Shamli, in the riot-scarred western UP region.