Lucknow, June 25 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp critique of the Samajwadi Party (SP) leadership, accusing them of abandoning the political principles of the party's founder, the late Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Speaking at a program organised to mark the 51st anniversary of the Emergency, the Chief Minister questioned the current political alignment of the Samajwadi Party, particularly its partnership with the Congress party.

"People were going to jail in support of democracy, suffering under the tyranny of Indira Gandhi, whether it was Lalu Prasad Yadav or late Mulayam Singh Yadav. What are their current generations doing?" he asked.

CM Yogi further added that the Congress party is destroying the...