New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday condemned the reported "purification" of a stage in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, where Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge had addressed a rally, describing the incident as the "worst form" of social discrimination and alleging that it reflected a casteist mindset.
In a post on his WhatsApp channel, Yadav alleged that the stage at Ramlila Maidan was purified by "some supremacists" because Kharge belongs to the Dalit community.
"Under the BJP rule, this is the worst form of social discrimination that some supremacists in Haldwani purified the stage where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed the gathering, only becau...