On Saturday, Brajesh Pathak, the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh described the Samajwadi Party as a "derailed" party that has departed from its socialist principles.
Attending an event to commemorate the martyrs of the 1942 Ballia uprising, Brajesh Pathak told the media, "The party is derailed. It has deviated from its policies. These are not the real socialists but those who help mafia flourish."
He further added, "The people of Uttar Pradesh have pushed them to the edge. When in power, they promoted hooliganism and mafias. I can say with full faith that the people of the state will never accept them."
Pathak's comments came a day after SP president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that in 1942 when Mahatma Gandhi called for the Quit India Movement, the Bharatiya Janata Party stood against it and now they are making up for it by 'hoisting flags everywhere'. Yadav reportedly said, "The people of BJP's ideology and their mother organisation (RSS) opposed the Quit India Movement led by the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. To hide the same, they now hoist the flag in every house."
During the event on Saturday Pathak recalled the names of the revolutionaries who rose against the British and perished in the gunfire during the Quit India Movement.
Reportedly, Local MLA and State Transport Minister Daya Shankar Singh presented a car to freedom fighter Ram Vichar Pandey, which he claimed was bought out of his salary.
The Government also provided the families of those who died in the 1942 rebellion with 75 Electric Scooters through an association with some automobile companies.
