PRAYAGRAJ, June 25 -- Hitting out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said the latter is not a true socialist.

"While socialists went to jail protesting against the Emergency, Akhlesh Yadav is cosying up to those who imposed it," Maurya said.

The deputy chief minister expressed these views during a media interaction at Sai Complex in the Pratapgarh Police Lines. Maurya was in Pratapgarh to attend a felicitation ceremony for "democracy fighters", individuals who were imprisoned during the Emergency. He also participated in a plantation programme.

"On this very day in 1975, the Congress had murdered the Constitution and democracy. The day is being observed as 'Constitution...