Attacking the government, Gandhi in a post on X wrote, “The present government has completely insulted Dr Manmohan Singh, the great son of Mother India and the first Prime Minister of the Sikh community, by conducting his last rites at Nigambodh Ghat today.”
Even as Congress and BJP were involved in a political rhetoric on the place of the memorial on the name of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, now Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP)Chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav too have jumped into the issue.
The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday condemned the statement of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Dr B R Ambedkar, and demanded an unconditional apology for his "anti-Dalit" remarks.
Accusing the BJP government of ruining the law and order situation in the state, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that UP has achieved the dubious distinction as a state of kidnappings.
Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday criticized the BJP-led Central Government, attributing ongoing issues in Bangladesh to failures in Indian foreign policy.
"BJP is working like a real estate company. It should change its name by adding 'Zameen' instead of 'Janata': Bhartiya Zameen Party," said the Samajwadi Party chief.
In a statement here on Wednesday, the SP chief said the government should tell the public where the money generated through the constantly increasing GST collection in the trillion dollar economy is going.
Amid attacks by the ruling BJP on Samajwadi Party over the Ayodhya rape case, SP President Akhilesh Yadav alleged a conspiracy by the saffron party to defame the party before the assembly by-elections.
A delegation of the Backward Morcha of the BJP visited Ayodhya on Sunday to meet the family members of the 12-year-old rape victim, who is currently under treatment at the hospital.
Demanding the withdrawal of the controversial Nazul Land Bill passed by the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Friday that the Bill is inhumane.
