Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Delhi Naresh Yadav today accused the Badal government of hatching a political and criminal conspiracy against him and AAP by adding sedition charges in the Quran desecration case.

Yadav and three other persons were arrested in the case registered under Sections 295-A and 120-B of the IPC at Malerkotla on June 25.

Yadav today appeared in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate. The court committed the case to the Sessions Court, Sangrur, for further hearing after the addition of Section 124-A (sedition charges) of the IPC in the challan.