PRAYAGRAJ, April 22 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said that the Congress and the Samajwadi Party have an anti-women mindset and that both parties are driven by family interests.

Addressing media persons on the first day of his two-day visit to Prayagraj, Maurya claimed that parties such as the Congress, SP, Trinamool Congress (TMC), and the DMK have consistently obstructed progressive initiatives.

Criticising the Opposition over the Women's Reservation Bill, he said these parties acted as barriers to its passage. He said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has two women in his immediate family-his mother and sister-both Members of Parliament, while SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife is also an MP. "Despit...