On Sunday, Maurya, considered a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh, had sought a ban on the work composed by the 16th-century poet-saint Tulsidas alleging that Dalits and women have been "insulted" in Ramcharitmanas.
After Maurya courted a controversy alleging that certain verses of the Ramcharitmanas promoted "social discrimination", several party leaders on Monday opposed his remarks saying that his remark has nothing to do with the "party".
Amid the controversy over Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar's remarks on Ramcharitramanas, Bharatiya Janata Party women wing read the holy book outside Shiv Parvati Hanuman Temple as a mark of protest in Patna on Tuesday.
Chandrashekhar stoked a controversy after he claimed that Ramcharitmanas, an epic Hindu religious book which is based on Ramayana, "spreads hatred in the society".
A Delhi-based lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India on Thursday filed a complaint with Delhi Police against Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekar for his recent remark against the Hindu holy book Ramcharitmanas.