PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 13 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, claiming that the two were restless after losing power.

Addressing media persons at the Circuit House in Prayagraj, Maurya said parties defeated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) eventually became part of the INDIA bloc. He accused the SP and the Congress of attempting to disturb the country's atmosphere and create disorder, adding that while everyone had the right to raise their voice in a democracy, no one was entitled to spread anarchy.

Targeting the Congress over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, he described its stand as one of the...