New Delhi: A 34-year-old man was arrested for posting an allegedly “abusive” comment about Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on social media, the police said Wednesday.Lalit Yadav, a resident of Saragaon in Raipur district, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of posting an “abusive and derogatory” comment against the Congress chief minister on his Facebook page, a senior police official told PTI. A complaint about the post by Yadav, who works in a city hotel, was lodged by a Youth Congress worker, he said.Yadav’s comment was in response to a Facebook post pertaining to a skywalk being constructed to facilitate the movement of pedestrians between Jaistambh Chowk to Shastri Chowk areas in the state capital, the official said.He was booked under sections of the Information Technology Act and produced in a local court which sent him in judicial custody, he said.Also read: SC Upholds Free Speech Rights, Orders Immediate Release of Prashant KanojiaThe construction of the skywalk started during the previous BJP government. After the Congress came to power in December last year, its government halted the skywalk’s construction. The Baghel government has now has sought public opinion on whether to complete the project or demolish the partially erected structure.This follows the pattern in several cases against people for social media posts about political leaders – the complaints are filed by local party members. The recent spate of arrests in Uttar Pradesh for comments against Adityanath were also based on complaints from local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.Further raising recent concerns on politicians from across the political spectrum clamping down on dissent, the Kerala government admitted in the state assembly that as many as 119 police cases have been filed against people for “abusing” chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on social media. Congress leader alleged that the Left government was no different from what Adityanath was doing in UP.(With PTI inputs)