PRAYAGRAJ, May 21 -- Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak targeted the Congress and Samajwadi Party while addressing a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Sangam Lal Gupta, at Lachhipur Bazar, in Raniganj area of Pratapgarh, on Tuesday.

Pathak said that the Samajwadi Party created a mafia in every district during its rule to grab lands and houses of people. Samajwadi Party kept promoting mafiosi and criminals and ordered firing on Ram Bhakts, while the Congress called Lord Ram a mythological figure.

Under the Samajwadi Party rule, kidnapping was a business, he said.

"Congress committed so many scams that India was defamed as a country of scams. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the image of the country and provided h...