Lucknow, Jan. 3 -- Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra on Saturday echoed the remarks of Jannayak Janta Party founder member Ajay Singh Chautala, saying the country is witnessing conditions similar to those that led to mass uprisings in several neighbouring nations.

Speaking to ANI, Mehrotra said public anger was growing due to unemployment, inflation and poverty, while those in power remained indifferent to people's suffering.

He called on the youth to take to the streets as happened in Nepal.

"In India's neighbouring countries, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, people have overthrown their governments through protests. A similar situation exists in India; people are dying of hunger, there is poverty, inflation, and unemployment, ...