Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 19 (HBTV): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday condemned the Samajwadi Party over alleged ‘indecent and vulgar’ statements made on social media, asserting that while expecting ideal conduct from the party may be futile, such language is intolerable in civilised society.

He urged the top leadership of the Samajwadi Party to review its social media handles and ensure the use of decent, restrained, and dignified language.

‘Although it is futile to expect any ideal conduct from the Samajwadi Party, civilised society cannot tolerate their indecent and vulgar statements. The top leadership of the Samajwadi Party should thoroughly review its social media handles and ensure that the language used there is decent, controlled, and dignified,’ the Chief Minister said in a post on X.

On Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party filed an FIR against the Samajwadi Party’s media cell for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on the party’s official X account.

The FIR was lodged by District BJP Chief Anand Dwivedi at Hazratganj police station under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act.

Reacting to the same, Brajesh Pathak said the post reflected poorly on the culture and standards of the Samajwadi Party.

‘Reading the words used by the SP media cell colleagues while criticising, it does not seem that this party is still the party of Ram Manohar Lohia and Janeshwar Mishra. The so-called “socialists” have forgotten George Saheb’s words that camps should be organised and people should be educated. Akhileshji! Make the SP members read Lohia-JP and make them listen to Pandit Janeshwar ji’s speeches, so that socialism is reflected in their behaviour and speech,’ he posted on X.

‘If you do not have Lohia’s books, I can make them available to you... Oh great Lohia, Janeshwarji! Forgive these fools, they have not been taught, educated or explained anything. They do not know what socialism is. They have turned socialism into a laboratory of abuse, arrogance and low-grade comments. If this is their form while in opposition, one can easily guess what they would have done while in power,’ Pathak added.

Although the SP media cell deleted the controversial post, Pathak shared a screenshot of it from his own X account.

He further questioned whether Akhilesh Yadav’s wife, Dimple Yadav, would support such a remark.

‘Akhilesh ji, is this the language of your party? This is the official handle of your party. Is this the choice of words for someone’s deceased parents? In a democracy, agreement, disagreement, allegations and counter-allegations will continue, but will you bring your party to this level? Will respected Dimple ji accept this anti-women and degraded mentality?’ he wrote.

The controversy arose from a now-deleted post allegedly made by the Samajwadi Party's media cell on X, which included a remark targeting Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak's DNA, prompting a strong reaction from the BJP leader.

(ANI)