Lucknow, Aug. 22 -- BSP Chief Mayawati on Saturday condemned Akhilesh Yadav's "chavanni" comment on Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief and his former ally Jayant Chaudhary, saying that such remarks are an insult to the entire Jat community.

"The public statement made by the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief regarding his former ally party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, and its leader, the Union Minister--that "Hum logon ne chavanni ko rupaiya bana diya, phir bhi chhod ke chale gaye"--is utterly indecent, unbecoming, and extremely shameful. For such arrogant and undemocratic rhetoric, he should immediately apologize not only to that party and its leader but also to the entire Jat community for insulting the family of the late Chaudhary Charan Singh Ji; that...