Congress leader's son detained, released over controversial hoardings featuring PM Modi, U.P. CM

Jayant Gautam, son of former Congress MP A.P. Gautam, was detained and later released in connection with controversial hoardings put up along a highway in the Haidergarh area of Uttar Pradesh, depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath raising issues including Ram temple donation, paper leak and inflation, officials said on Tuesday (June 30, 2026).The hoardings, installed at several locations between Bara Toll Plaza and the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the Haidergarh area, have drawn widespread attention. Embezzlement charges extremely serious and concerning, says MayawatiThe hoardings feature photographs of Mr. Modi and Mr.

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