Shah, during a rally at Bijnore and Shamli, in UP had allegedly exhorted Jats to "take revenge of the killings during the last year's riots by voting for the BJP candidates."

Though the FIR was lodged under sections similar to those lodged against Imran Masood - the Congress candidate from Saharanpur for his hate speech in which he had threatened to "chop Modi to pieces in case he tried to make Gujarat out of UP" -- legal experts believe that Shah's arrest may not be inevitable in the case as he is not a candidate himself.