Samajwadi Party Government Moved To Bury 19 Cases Against Political Leaders For UP Polls

An investigation of official records by The Indian Express has revealed that over the last five years, the SP government moved to bury at least 19 cases against senior political leaders from the state. These covered a wide range of alleged offences: from rioting, fraud and kidnapping to extortion and, in one case, even culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The beneficiaries include seven state ministers, 10 SP MLAs, the BJP MP from Agra Ram Shankar Katheria and senior BJP leader and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra.