Ballia, Nov. 9 -- In what has emerged as a controversy as Uttar Pradesh gears up for assembly polls in 2027, Samajwadi Party MP Sanatan Pandey on Monday strongly defended former Prime Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav over the 1990 firing incident on Kar Sevaks, taking a swipe at the central government. He said that Singh's action was taken to uphold the Indian Constitution and prevent a potential civil war.

Speaking to the reporters, Pandey accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading the public for over three decades by continuously politicising the 1990 incident.

Highlighting the irony, he asked who is responsible for the alleged firing orders during recent mass agitations.

"For 35 years, ever since 1991, they (BJP) have been c...