Lucknow, April 10 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya on Thursday slammed Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of snatching the rights of the backward castes other than his own when he was the chief minister of the State.

"Akhilesh Yadav was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. His government was formed with the support of backward and Dalits, but during his government, most atrocities were also committed on backward and Dalits," Maurya told ANI.

"He committed the sin of snatching the rights of the backward castes and giving them only to his caste," he added.

He also slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent statement against RSS.

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