Lucknow, Nov. 7 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday criticised the BJP, claiming that the Uttar Pradesh government carried out a bulldozer action against the house of Bharat Ratna awardee Ustad Bismillah Khan, accusing the party and its allies of being opposed to art and artists.

In a post on X, Yadav questioned the action and criticised what he described as the BJP's narrow-minded approach towards art and artists.

"What more can you expect from those for whom the shehnai did not play?" he wrote.

Accusing the BJP and its allies of viewing art as an obstacle to their political agenda, Yadav said creative people contribute to social change and that positive art promotes empathy and tolerance.

"The BJP and their narrow-mi...