Lucknow, June 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP), targeting its leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ramgopal Yadav, accusing him of considering "Rajbhar and Maurya" being inferior to Yadavs.

He further asserted that the SP will "split" and the "real uncle" will be the national president. Rajbhar added that the "rebellion" would draw leadership from "the land of 'Rebel Ballia' itself, because a Brahmin can forget everything! But not humiliation."

His statement is being seen as a possible reference to Ballia MP Sanatan Pandey, the Samajwadi Party's sole Lok Sabha representative from the district. Earlier, there were allegations of insult to the Brahmin community during a SP ...