wami Avimukteshwarananda said, "My arrest will only happen at the behest of CM Yogi Adityanath! My character is absolutely clean."

On Swami Avimukteshwaranand controversy, Akhilesh Yadav posted on X, "Remove BJP, save Sanatan! By insulting the true saints, the BJP has once again proved that except for its hunger for money and selfishness, it is not a friend of anyone. It is the old 'bad working style' of the BJP that whoever raises his voice against the tyranny, excesses and crimes of the BJP, the BJP conspires to intimidate, suppress and eliminate him with false accusations. The 'badi-trikadi "of the corrupt-BJP, their informant cronies and the homogenous vahini of power is a criminal triad of negativism whose motive is to gain power for the sake of making money. All of them are gathered at one place for their own selfish interests, even though they do not see each other. The underground sounds of their mutual bickering are often heard outside.
The court had on Saturday ordered registration of a case against Swami Avimukteshwaranand and other accused on charges of sexually exploiting two teenage boys on the complaint of Ashutosh Maharaj, a disciple of narrator Swami Rambhadracharya. Later in the night, a case was registered against Shankaracharya's disciple and two-three unidentified persons in this connection.
Speaking to ABP News, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said, "If I am arrested, I will accept that it is the CM's wish. There is no fault in our character, there is no reason for arrest.