LUCKNOW, June 25 -- Targeting the Yogi government over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, Congress leaders on Thursday said people of Uttar Pradesh will teach the ruling party a lesson for this 'sin' in the next year's assembly polls.

They expressed these views at their 'Aarakshan Diwas: Rights in Proportion to Population' event held to mark the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj.

"Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, a visionary leader, laid the foundation for reservation for Dalit, backward, and marginalised sections of society. But the BJP is making all efforts to deprive this section," claimed Anil Jaihind, chairman of the All India Congress Committee's OBC wing.

"Shahuji brought the concept of reservati...