LUCKNOW, May 20 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged large-scale misappropriation of reservation quotas in recruitments conducted under the BJP government.

Addressing a press conference at the party's state headquarters during the release of a "PDA Audit" report, Yadav claimed that reserved categories, particularly Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), had been systematically short-changed across at least 22 major recruitment drives.

Focusing particularly on the high-profile recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers, the SP chief alleged that candidates from reserved categories were denied their due share.

Referring to the audit report, Yadav alleged that OBCs, enti...