Lucknow, July 3 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday came down heavily on the Samajwadi Party after one of its legislators stated that there is "no difference between the BJP and terrorists" following the government's directive to display the names of the shops along the Kanwar yatra routes.

Defending the move, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, while speaking to ANI, said, "The Samajwadi Party leaders are constantly making rubbish statements on Kanwar Yatra. They are comparing Kanwar Yatra devotees with the terrorists. It is highly condemnable. Samajwadi Party wants to implement Sharia law and do appeasement politics in UP. We are determined to organise a systematic and safe Kanwar Yatra in UP. It is the right of eve...