LUCKNOW, Aug. 21 -- Alleging that fake cases were being lodged against his party workers for raising their voice for suppressed people in the state, UP Congress chief Ajay Rai on Thursday announced a legal initiative to counter it.

"Party workers are facing bogus FIRs whenever they raise a voice for suppressed people, minorities, SC/ST and their rights. We will now counter all such FIRs with our Nyay Yoddhas in all 36 tehsils across the state," said Rai at a press conference at the state Congress headquarters here.

"The BJP government is lodging fake cases for speaking the truth and opposing the government's anti-people policy. Nyay Yoddhas will provide legal justice to the victims of government dictatorship," he claimed. The training o...