Lucknow, Sept. 3 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday hit out at the BJP over the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC), alleging that the ruling party's "stagnant thinking" is opposed to modernity and progress.

Yadav made the remarks in a social media post while sharing a video showing the JPNIC, which was opened after nine years.

"The stagnant thinking of BJP supporters only gathers moss or rusts away with mildew. On one hand, the underground black history of those treacherous fellow-travellers who informed on the martyrs of the freedom movement to the colonialists has always stood opposed to the 'freedom fighters'; and on the other hand, the reactionary narrow-mindedness of the obscurantist BJP folks stands ...