India, June 6 -- LUCKNOW Raising a question about the disqualification of Abbas Ansari, former Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged it was done "deliberately" by the government.

"If membership can be taken away on the basis of statements, what are those sitting in power speaking? Will they remind me of my DNA? Why are those asking about DNA not losing their membership? BJP people giving such statements, will they never lose their membership," he asked while answering a query during a press conference at the SP headquarters in Lucknow.

"I think the decisions are also being taken on a caste basis. That is why we have been saying that the Constitution is ...