Lucknow, April 14 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the maximum number of statues of BR Ambedkar were vandalised during the BJP's ten-year rule.

He also claimed that the government is now trying to send a "false message" ahead of elections by announcing budgetary support, while discrimination against Dalits and backward classes continues in Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing reporters in Lucknow, Yadav said, "The most statues of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar have been vandalised during the BJP government's ten-year rule, and today, the same people responsible for the vandalism are trying to send a false message before the elections by providing budgetary support. But the people of Uttar Pradesh are wise an...