Lucknow, July 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday said that Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's "PDA" slogan--"pichre" (meaning backward), Dalit and "alpashankhak" (minority) focused politics is "completely fake" and jibed that it should be dubbed as a "Pariwar Development Agency," which serves only the latter's family members.

Maurya claimed that public discontent over the SP government's track record led to the BJP's landslide victory in 2017.

Addressing reporters in Lucknow, Maurya said, "Akhilesh Yadav's PDA, Pariwar Development Agency, is completely fake. He was the chief minister from 2012 to 2017, and if he oppressed anyone the most, it was the OBCs, Dalits and the poor. Just by recalling...