Lucknow, June 26 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, announced that the party will celebrate July 26 as Aarakshan Divas (Reservation Day) and Samvidhan Maan Divas (Constitution Respect Day). The SP chief slammed the BJP for being against socialism and secularism.

Addressing the media, Akhilesh Yadav said, "In the coming times, it has been decided to celebrate Reservation Day and Constitution Respect Day on 26th July."

Launching an attack against the BJP, he said that they lack loyalty towards the Constitution and are against the ideas of socialism and secularism.

"BJP talks about using the Constitution to reach power... but as soon as BJP comes to power, they do not follow the path of Baba Saheb, and they even take oa...