Wooing Dalit voters for Ghosi bypoll, Yogi recalls guesthouse ‘kaand’ by SP

Without naming Mayawati, who had during her tenure as CM made several memorials and parks named after Ambedkar and Kanshiram, among others.

Adityanath said when the SP was in the opposition, Akhilesh Yadav had insulted great personalities by saying that after coming to power he would demolish these memorials to open marriage halls. “Can there be a bigger insult than this to the great men? They are speaking about social justice after insulting great personalities,” the CM said.

He said the SP has “always insulted great personalities”.

With more than 60,000 voters coming from the community, Dalits hold the key in the bypolls in BSP’s absence.